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Genesis 16:8

World English Bible

He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where did you come from? Where are you going?”
She said, “I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.”

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Genesis 16:8 in other translations

And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.

Genesis 16:8 · American Standard Version

Genesis 16:8 in context

  1. 6But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
  2. 7Yahweh’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
  3. 8He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where did you come from? Where are you going?”
    She said, “I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.”
  4. 9Yahweh’s angel said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.”
  5. 10Yahweh’s angel said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, that they will not be counted for multitude.”