KJV GEN16 with Strong's Hebrew/Greek

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16:1 Now Sarai [H8297] Abram's [H87] wife [H802] bare [H3205] him no [H3808] children [H3205] : and she had an handmaid [H8198] , an Egyptian [H4713] , whose name [H8034] [was] Hagar [H1904] .

16:2 And Sarai [H8297] said [H559] unto Abram [H87] , Behold now, the LORD [H3068] hath restrained me [H6113] from bearing [H3205] : I pray thee, go in [H935] unto my maid [H8198] ; it may [H194] be that I may obtain children [H1129] by her. And Abram [H87] hearkened [H8085] to the voice [H6963] of Sarai [H8297] .(obtain: Heb. be built by her)

16:3 And Sarai [H8297] Abram's [H87] wife [H802] took [H3947] Hagar [H1904] her maid [H8198] the Egyptian [H4713] , after [H7093] Abram [H87] had dwelt [H3427] ten [H6235] years [H8141] in the land [H776] of Canaan [H3667] , and gave [H5414] her to her husband [H376] Abram [H87] to be his wife [H802] .

16:4 And he went in [H935] unto Hagar [H1904] , and she conceived [H2029] : and when she saw [H7200] that she had conceived [H2029] , her mistress [H1404] was despised [H7043] in her eyes [H5869] .

16:5 And Sarai [H8297] said [H559] unto Abram [H87] , My wrong [H2555] [be] upon thee: I have given [H5414] my maid [H8198] into thy bosom [H2436] ; and when she saw [H7200] that she had conceived [H2029] , I was despised [H7043] in her eyes [H5869] : the LORD [H3068] judge [H8199] between me and thee.

16:6 But Abram [H87] said [H559] unto Sarai [H8297] , Behold, thy maid [H8198] [is] in thy hand [H3027] ; do [H6213] to her as it pleaseth thee [H2896] [H5869] . And when Sarai [H8297] dealt hardly with [H6031] her, she fled [H1272] from her face [H6440] .(as: Heb. that which is good in thine eyes)(dealt: Heb. afflicted her)

16:7 And the angel [H4397] of the LORD [H3068] found her [H4672] by a fountain [H5869] of water [H4325] in the wilderness [H4057] , by the fountain [H5869] in the way [H1870] to Shur [H7793] .

16:8 And he said [H559] , Hagar [H1904] , Sarai's [H8297] maid [H8198] , whence [H335] camest thou [H935] ? and whither wilt thou go [H3212] ? And she said [H559] , I flee [H1272] from the face [H6440] of my mistress [H1404] Sarai [H8297] .

16:9 And the angel [H4397] of the LORD [H3068] said [H559] unto her, Return [H7725] to thy mistress [H1404] , and submit [H6031] thyself under her hands [H3027] .

16:10 And the angel [H4397] of the LORD [H3068] said [H559] unto her, I will multiply [H7235] thy seed [H2233] exceedingly [H7235] , that it shall not be numbered [H5608] for multitude [H7230] .

16:11 And the angel [H4397] of the LORD [H3068] said [H559] unto her, Behold [H2009] , thou [art] with child [H2030] , and shalt bear [H3205] a son [H1121] , and shalt call [H7121] his name [H8034] Ishmael [H3458] ; because the LORD [H3068] hath heard [H8085] thy affliction [H6040] .(Ishmael: that is, God shall hear)

16:12 And he will be a wild [H6501] man [H120] ; his hand [H3027] [will be] against every man, and every man's hand [H3027] against him; and he shall dwell [H7931] in the presence [H6440] of all his brethren [H251] .

16:13 And she called [H7121] the name [H8034] of the LORD [H3068] that spake [H1696] unto her, Thou God [H410] seest me [H7210] : for she said [H559] , Have I also here [H1988] looked [H7200] after him [H310] that seeth me [H7210] ?

16:14 Wherefore the well [H875] was called [H7121] Beerlahairoi [H883] [H2416] ; behold, [it is] between Kadesh [H6946] and Bered [H1260] .(Beerlahairoi: that is, The well of him that liveth and seeth me)

16:15 And Hagar [H1904] bare [H3205] Abram [H87] a son [H1121] : and Abram [H87] called [H7121] his son's [H1121] name [H8034] , which Hagar [H1904] bare [H3205] , Ishmael [H3458] .

16:16 And Abram [H87] [was] fourscore [H8084] [H8141] and six [H8337] years [H8141] old [H1121] , when Hagar [H1904] bare [H3205] Ishmael [H3458] to Abram [H87] .