Genesis 16:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not borne him any children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשָׂרַי֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת אַבְרָ֔ם לֹ֥א יָלְדָ֖ה ל֑וֹ וְלָ֛הּ שִׁפְחָ֥ה מִצְרִ֖ית וּשְׁמָ֥הּ הָגָֽר׃

Transliteration

And Saray 'eshet 'Abram not yaledah to-him, and-to-her shifchah mitsrit and-shemah Hagar.

Grammar Details

• *Saray*: proper noun, feminine singular - Sarai
• *'eshet*: construct state feminine singular - wife of
• *'Abram*: proper noun, masculine singular - Abram
• *lo'*: negative particle - not
• *yaledah*: verb, Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - she bore/gave birth
• *lo*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
• *welah*: conjunction + preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - and to her
• *shifchah*: noun, feminine singular - maidservant/female slave
• *mitsrit*: adjective, feminine singular - Egyptian
• *ushemah*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - and her name
• *Hagar*: proper noun, feminine singular - Hagar

Word Meanings

• *shifchah*: maidservant/female slave/handmaid
• *yaledah*: bore/gave birth/begot

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had a maidservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Sarai Abrams wyfe bare him no childerne. But she had an hand mayde an Egiptian whose name was Hagar.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children: but she had an handmayde an Egipcian, whose name was Agar,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Nowe Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children, and she had a maide an Egyptian, Hagar by name.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Sarai Abrams wyfe bare hym no chyldren: but she had an handemayde an Egyptian, Hagar by name.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name `is' Hagar;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Birth of Ishmael Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.

Referenced Verses

• Gal 4:24 : 24 Now these things may be interpreted allegorically: These women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery—this is Hagar.
• Gen 12:16 : 16 He treated Abram well because of her, and Abram acquired sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
• Gen 15:2-3 : 2 Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?" 3 And Abram said, "You have given me no children, so a servant in my household will be my heir."
• Gen 21:21 : 21 While living in the wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.
• Gen 25:21 : 21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife because she was barren. The LORD answered his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
• Judg 13:2 : 2 There was a certain man from Zorah, from the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren and had no children.
• Luke 1:7 : 7 But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.
• Luke 1:36 : 36 And behold, your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren.
• Gen 21:9-9 : 9 But Sarah saw the son whom Hagar, the Egyptian, had borne to Abraham laughing mockingly. 10 And she said to Abraham, 'Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.'
• Gen 21:12 : 12 But God said to Abraham, 'Do not be distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.'
• Gen 11:30 : 30 Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.