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Genesis 16:3

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

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Sarai^H8297 Abram's^H87 wife^H802 took^H3947 Hagar^H1904 her maid^H8198 the Egyptian^H4713, after^H7093 Abram^H87 had dwelt^H3427 ten^H6235 years^H8141 in the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667, and gave^H5414 her to her husband^H376 Abram^H87 to be his wife^H802.

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Original Hebrew

וַתִּקַּח שָׂרַי אֵשֶׁת־אַבְרָם אֶת־הָגָר הַמִּצְרִית שִׁפְחָתָהּ מִקֵּץ עֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים לְשֶׁבֶת אַבְרָם בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַתִּתֵּן אֹתָהּ לְאַבְרָם אִישָׁהּ לֹו לְאִשָּׁה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תִּקַּ֞ח	va./ti.Kach	H3947	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she took
שָׂרַ֣י	sa.Rai	H8297	HNp	Sarai
אֵֽשֶׁת	'e.shet-	H802	HNcfsc	(the) wife of
אַבְרָ֗ם	'av.Ram	H87	HNp	Abram
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הָגָ֤ר	ha.Gar	H1904	HNp	Hagar
הַ/מִּצְרִית֙	ha./mitz.Rit	H4713	HTd/Ngfsa	the/ Egyptian
שִׁפְחָתָ֔/הּ	shif.cha.Ta/h	H8198	HNcfsc/Sp3fs	maidservant/ her
מִ/קֵּץ֙	mi./Ketz	H7093	HR/Ncmsc	from/ (the) end of
עֶ֣שֶׂר	'E.ser	H6235	HAcfsa	ten
שָׁנִ֔ים	sha.Nim	H8141	HNcfpa	years
לְ/שֶׁ֥בֶת	le./She.vet	H3427	HR/Vqc	of/ (the) dwelling of
אַבְרָ֖ם	'av.Ram	H87	HNp	Abram
בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ	be./'E.retz	H776	HR/Ncbsc	in/ (the) land of
כְּנָ֑עַן	ke.Na.'an	H3667	HNp	Canaan
וַ/תִּתֵּ֥ן	va./ti.Ten	H5414	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she gave
אֹתָ֛/הּ	'o.Ta/h	H853	HTo/Sp3fs	(obj.)/ her
לְ/אַבְרָ֥ם	le./'av.Ram	H87	HR/Np	to/ Abram
אִישָׁ֖/הּ	'i.Sha/h	H376	HNcmsc/Sp3fs	husband/ her
ל֥/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	of/ him
לְ/אִשָּֽׁה	le./'i.Shah	H802	HR/Ncfsa	to/ a wife

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H87 — אַבְרָם (ʼAbrâm, ab-rawm'): contracted from אֲבִירָם; high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham; Abram.
• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H1904 — הָגָר (Hâgâr, haw-gawr'): of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation; Hagar, the mother of Ishmael; Hagar.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H3667 — כְּנַעַן (Kᵉnaʻan, ken-ah'-an): from כָּנַע; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him; Canaan, merchant, traffick.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H4713 — מִצְרִי (Mitsrîy, mits-ree'): from מִצְרַיִם; a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim; Egyptian, of Egypt.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H6235 — עֶשֶׂר (ʻeser, eh'ser): masculine of term עֲשָׂרָה; from עָשַׂר; ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits); ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.
• H7093 — קֵץ (qêts, kates): contracted from קָצַץ; an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after; [phrase] after, (utmost) border, end, (in-) finite, [idiom] process.
• H8141 — שָׁנֶה (shâneh, shaw-neh'): (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time); [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).
• H8198 — שִׁפְחָה (shiphchâh, shif-khaw'): feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see מִשְׁפָּחָה); a female slave (as a member of the household); (bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.
• H8297 — שָׂרַי (Sâray, saw-rah'-ee): from שַׂר; dominative; Sarai, the wife of Abraham; Sarai.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• gave — Genesis 16:5, Genesis 30:4, Genesis 30:9
• had — Genesis 12:4-5
• his — Genesis 25:6, Genesis 28:9, Genesis 32:22, Genesis 35:22, Judges 19:1-4, 2 Samuel 5:13, 1 Kings 11:3, Galatians 4:25

Reciprocal references (4): Genesis 21:9, Genesis 22:24, Genesis 30:3, Galatians 4:24

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: ABRAHAM OR ABRAM, CANAAN, LAND OF, HOME, ISHMAEL
• Nave’s: ABRAHAM, BASTARD, CONCUBINAGE, SARAH

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