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Genesis 16:8

American Standard Version

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.

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Genesis 16:8 in other translations

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.”

Genesis 16:8 · World English Bible

Genesis 16:8 in context

  1. 6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face.
  2. 7And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
  3. 8And 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.
  4. 9And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
  5. 10And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.