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Now ^(C1)Sarai, Abram's wife, had not borne him a child, but she had ^(C2)an Egyptian slave woman whose name was Hagar.

So Sarai said to Abram, "See now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. ^(C1)Please have relations with my slave woman; perhaps I will ^(F1)obtain children through her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

And so after Abram had lived ^(C1)ten years in the land of Canaan, Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, her slave woman, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife.