Genesis 16:1
Good News Translation
Abram's wife Sarai had not borne him any children. But she had an Egyptian slave woman named Hagar,

New Revised Standard Version
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian slave-girl whose name was Hagar,

Contemporary English Version
Abram's wife Sarai had not been able to have any children. But she owned a young Egyptian slave woman named Hagar,

New American Bible
Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children. Now she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.

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

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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: . . .

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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,…
Cross References
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.

Genesis 15:21
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