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Now ^(a)Sarai, Abram's wife had borne him no children, and she had ^(b)an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

So Sarai said to Abram, "Now behold, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. ^(c)Please go in to my maid; perhaps I will ^[a]obtain children through her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

After Abram had ^[b]lived ^(d)ten years in the land of Canaan, Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife.

He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her sight.

And Sarai said to Abram, "^(e)May the wrong done me be upon you. I gave my maid into your ^[c]arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her ^[d]sight. ^(f)May the Lord judge between ^[e]you and me."

But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your ^[f]power; do to her what is good in your ^[g]sight." So Sarai treated her harshly, and ^(g)she fled from her presence.