Genesis 16:1 - Compare All Versions
Genesis 16:1-2 MSG (The Message)
Sarai, Abram’s wife, hadn’t yet produced a child. She had an Egyptian maid named Hagar. Sarai said to Abram, “GOD has not seen fit to let me have a child. Sleep with my maid. Maybe I can get a family from her.” Abram agreed to do what Sarai said.
Genesis 16:1 KJV (King James Version)
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:1 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:1 NCV (New Century Version)
Sarai, Abram’s wife, had no children, but she had a slave girl from Egypt named Hagar.
Genesis 16:1 ASV (American Standard Version)
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:1 NIV (New International Version)
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar
Genesis 16:1 NKJV (New King James Version)
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:1 AMP (Amplified Bible)
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not borne him any children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:1 NLT (New Living Translation)
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not been able to bear children for him. But she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.
Genesis 16:1 TPT (The Passion Translation)
Now Sarai had borne no children for Abram. She had an Egyptian slave girl named Hagar
Genesis 16:1 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar.