The most popular Bible verses from Genesis 16

NOW SARAI, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar. AMP

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

And the Angel of the Lord continued, See now, you are with child and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael [God hears], because the Lord has heard and paid attention to your affliction. AMP

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. KJV

And Sarai said to Abram, See here, the Lord has restrained me from bearing [children]. I am asking you to have intercourse with my maid; it may be that I can obtain children by her. And Abram listened to and heeded what Sarai said. AMP

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. KJV

And he [Ishmael] will be as a wild ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will live to the east and on the borders of all his kinsmen. AMP

And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. KJV

But the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness on the road to Shur. AMP

And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. KJV

So she called the name of the Lord Who spoke to her, You are a God of seeing, for she said, Have I [not] even here [in the wilderness] looked upon Him Who sees me [and lived]? Or have I here also seen [the future purposes or designs of] Him Who sees me? AMP

And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? KJV

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

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. KJV

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael. AMP

And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. KJV

Also the Angel of the Lord said to her, I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be numbered for multitude. AMP

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. KJV

And he had intercourse with Hagar, and she became pregnant; and when she saw that she was with child, she looked with contempt upon her mistress and despised her. AMP

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. KJV