Genesis 16:1
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Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children: but having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named Agar,

Genesis 11:30
And Sarai was barren, and had no children.

Genesis 12:16
And they used Abram well for her sake. And he had sheep and oxen and he asses, and men servants, and maid servants, and she asses, and camels.

Genesis 15:21
And the Amorrhites, and the Chanaanites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.

Genesis 21:9
And when Sara had seen the son of Agar, the Egyptian, playing with Isaac, her son, she said to Abraham:

1 Samuel 1:5
But to Anna he gave one portion with sorrow, because he loved Anna. And the Lord had shut up her womb.

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Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children: but having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named Agar,

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2092. B.C.

1912. bare.

Genesis 15:2,3 And Abram said: Lord God, what wilt thou give me? I shall go without children: and the son of the steward of my house is this Damascus Eliezer. . . .

Genesis 21:10,12 Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with my son Isaac. . . .

Genesis 25:21 And Isaac besought the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and he heard him, and made Rebecca to conceive.

Judges 13:2 Now there was a certain man of Saraa, and of the race of Dan, whose name was Manue, and his wife was barren.

Luke 1:7,36 And they had no son, for that Elizabeth was barren: and they both were well advanced in years. . . .

Egyptian.

Genesis 12:16 And they used Abram well for her sake. And he had sheep and oxen and he asses, and men servants, and maid servants, and she asses, and camels.

Genesis 21:9,21 And when Sara had seen the son of Agar, the Egyptian, playing with Isaac, her son, she said to Abraham: . . .

name.

Galatians 4:24 Which things are said by an allegory. For these are the two testaments. The one from Mount Sina, engendering unto bondage, which is Agar.

Agar.

Context
The Birth of Ishmael
1Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children: but having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named Agar,2She said to her husband: Behold, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: go in unto my handmaid, it may be I may have children of her at least. And when he agreed to her request,…
Lexicon
Now Abram’s
אַבְרָ֔ם (’aḇ·rām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 87: Abram -- 'exalted father', the original name of Abraham

wife
אֵ֣שֶׁת (’ê·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

Sarai
וְשָׂרַי֙ (wə·śā·ray)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8297: Sarai -- a wife of Abram

had not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

borne a child
יָלְדָ֖ה (yā·lə·ḏāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

to him,
ל֑וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

but
וְלָ֛הּ (wə·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

she had an Egyptian
מִצְרִ֖ית (miṣ·rîṯ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4713: Egyptian -- inhabitant of Egypt

maidservant
שִׁפְחָ֥ה (šip̄·ḥāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8198: Maid, maidservant

named
וּשְׁמָ֥הּ (ū·šə·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name

Hagar.
הָגָֽר׃ (hā·ḡār)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1904: Hagar


Additional Translations
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had not borne a child to him, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.Now Sarai Abram's wife bore him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

And Sara the wife of Abram bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian maid, whose name was Agar.

And Sarai Abram's wife did not bear him [children]. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagar.

Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

And Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name is Hagar;
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