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Now Sarai,וְשָׂרַיAbram’sאַבְרָםwife,אֵשֶׁתhad not borneלֹא יָלְדָהhim children;לוֹand she hadוְלָהּan Egyptianמִצְרִיתslave womanשִׁפְחָהwhose nameוּשְׁמָהּwas Hagar.הָגָר
Genesis 16:1
Study it in the app“Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not borne him children; and she had an Egyptian slave woman whose name was Hagar.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 16:1, word by word
- Now Saraiשָׂרַיsaray
Sarai
Sarai, the name of Sarah before God changed it (Genesis 17:15).
Where else “saray” appears- Abram’sאַבְרָםavram
Abram
Abram, the name of Abraham before God changed it (Genesis 17:5). It means "exalted father".
Where else “avram” appears- wifeאֵשֶׁתeshet
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” appears- had not borneיָלְדָהyalda
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yalda” appears- an Egyptianמִצְרִיתmitsrit
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrit” appears- slave womanשִׁפְחָהshifcha
female slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifcha” appears- whose nameשְׁמָshema
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shema” appears- was Hagarהָגָרhagar
Hagar
Hagar, the Egyptian slave of Sarai, mother of Ishmael.
Where else “hagar” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Sarai said to Abram, “Look, YHWH has kept me from bearing children. Go in please to my slave woman; perhaps I will have children through her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
To study Genesis 16 in a group
1. What it says
What did the angel of YHWH say to Hagar by the spring in the wilderness (vv. 7-12)?
2. What it means
What does it teach that Hagar called YHWH “El Roi,” the one who sees me (v. 13)?
3. How I live it
How can you walk with someone today who feels unseen or mistreated?