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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.