Genesis 16:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

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  • Gen 12:4-5 : 4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken to him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran; and they set out to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 16:5 : 5 And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be upon you; I have given my maid into your arms, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. The LORD judge between me and you.
  • Gen 25:6 : 6 But to the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts and sent them away from his son Isaac, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country.
  • Gen 28:9 : 9 Then Esau went to Ishmael, and took Mahlath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife, in addition to the wives he already had.
  • Gen 30:4 : 4 She gave him Bilhah her maid as a wife, and Jacob went into her.
  • Gen 30:9 : 9 When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
  • Gen 32:22 : 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of Jabbok.
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 And it came to pass, when Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
  • Judg 19:1-4 : 1 In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite staying on the side of Mount Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah. 2 And his concubine was unfaithful to him and went away to her father's house in Bethlehem in Judah and was there for four months. 3 And her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, having his servant with him and a pair of donkeys. She brought him into her father's house, and when the young woman’s father saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 4 His father-in-law, the young woman's father, kept him, and he stayed with him three days: so they ate and drank and lodged there.
  • 2 Sam 5:13 : 13 And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.
  • 1 Kgs 11:3 : 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
  • Gal 4:25 : 25 For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 16:1-2
    2 verses
    90%

    1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had a maidservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

    2And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. I pray you, go in to my maid; it may be that I will obtain children by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

  • Gen 16:4-9
    6 verses
    83%

    4And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

    5And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be upon you; I have given my maid into your arms, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. The LORD judge between me and you.

    6But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your maid is in your hand; do to her as it pleases you. And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence.

    7And the angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

    8And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from, and where will you go? And she said, I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.

    9And the angel of the LORD said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.

  • Gen 16:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called his son's name, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

    16And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

  • Gen 25:12
    74%

    12Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham:

  • Gen 12:16-20
    5 verses
    74%

    16And he treated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

    17And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

    18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

    19Why did you say, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me as a wife: now therefore behold your wife, take her, and go your way.

    20And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

  • Gen 20:2
    73%

    2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

  • Gen 11:29-31
    3 verses
    73%

    29And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

    30But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

    31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and lived there.

  • Gen 21:21
    73%

    21And he lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 17:15
    73%

    15And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

  • Gen 12:11
    72%

    11And it came to pass, when he was about to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look upon:

  • Gen 24:36
    72%

    36And Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old; and to him he has given all that he has.

  • Gen 21:9-10
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    72%

    9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

    10Therefore she said to Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son, for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

  • Gen 12:14
    72%

    14And it came to pass, that, when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very beautiful.

  • Gen 12:5
    72%

    5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran; and they set out to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 21:14
    70%

    14And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away. So she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.