16:1 Now Sarai, 1 Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, 2 but she had an Egyptian servant 3 named Hagar. 4 16:2 So Sarai said to Abram, “Since 5 the Lord has prevented me from having children, have sexual relations with 6 my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.” 7 Abram did what 8 Sarai told him.
16:3 So after Abram had lived 9 in Canaan for ten years, Sarai, Abram’s wife, gave Hagar, her Egyptian servant, 10 to her husband to be his wife. 11 16:4 He had sexual relations with 12 Hagar, and she became pregnant. 13 Once Hagar realized she was pregnant, she despised Sarai. 14 16:5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “You have brought this wrong on me! 15 I allowed my servant to have sexual relations with you, 16 but when she realized 17 that she was pregnant, she despised me. 18 May the Lord judge between you and me!” 19
16:6 Abram said to Sarai, “Since your 20 servant is under your authority, 21 do to her whatever you think best.” 22 Then Sarai treated Hagar 23 harshly, 24 so she ran away from Sarai. 25
16:7 The Lord’s angel 26 found Hagar near a spring of water in the desert – the spring that is along the road to Shur. 27 16:8 He said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She replied, “I’m running away from 28 my mistress, Sarai.”
16:9 Then the Lord’s angel said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit 29 to her authority. 16:10 I will greatly multiply your descendants,” the Lord’s angel added, 30 “so that they will be too numerous to count.” 31 16:11 Then the Lord’s angel said to her,
“You are now 32 pregnant
and are about to give birth 33 to a son.
You are to name him Ishmael, 34
for the Lord has heard your painful groans. 35
16:12 He will be a wild donkey 36 of a man.
He will be hostile to everyone, 37
and everyone will be hostile to him. 38
He will live away from 39 his brothers.”
16:13 So Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, “You are the God who sees me,” 40 for she said, “Here I have seen one who sees me!” 41 16:14 That is why the well was called 42 Beer Lahai Roi. 43 (It is located 44 between Kadesh and Bered.)
16:15 So Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son, whom Abram named Ishmael. 45 16:16 (Now 46 Abram was 86 years old 47 when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.) 48
20:8 Early in the morning 60 Abimelech summoned 61 all his servants. When he told them about all these things, 62 they 63 were terrified.
34:1 Come near, you nations, and listen!
Pay attention, you people!
The earth and everything it contains must listen,
the world and everything that lives in it. 64
34:2 For the Lord is angry at all the nations
and furious with all their armies.
He will annihilate them and slaughter them.
34:3 Their slain will be left unburied, 65
their corpses will stink; 66
the hills will soak up their blood. 67
34:4 All the stars in the sky will fade away, 68
the sky will roll up like a scroll;
all its stars will wither,
like a leaf withers and falls from a vine
or a fig withers and falls from a tree. 69
34:5 He says, 70 “Indeed, my sword has slaughtered heavenly powers. 71
Look, it now descends on Edom, 72
on the people I will annihilate in judgment.”
34:6 The Lord’s sword is dripping with blood,
it is covered 73 with fat;
it drips 74 with the blood of young rams and goats
and is covered 75 with the fat of rams’ kidneys.
For the Lord is holding a sacrifice 76 in Bozrah, 77
a bloody 78 slaughter in the land of Edom.
34:7 Wild oxen will be slaughtered 79 along with them,
as well as strong bulls. 80
Their land is drenched with blood,
their soil is covered with fat.
34:8 For the Lord has planned a day of revenge, 81
a time when he will repay Edom for her hostility toward Zion. 82
63:1 Who is this who comes from Edom, 83
dressed in bright red, coming from Bozrah? 84
Who 85 is this one wearing royal attire, 86
who marches confidently 87 because of his great strength?
“It is I, the one who announces vindication,
and who is able to deliver!” 88
63:2 Why are your clothes red?
Why do you look like someone who has stomped on grapes in a vat? 89
63:3 “I have stomped grapes in the winepress all by myself;
no one from the nations joined me.
I stomped on them 90 in my anger;
I trampled them down in my rage.
Their juice splashed on my garments,
and stained 91 all my clothes.
63:4 For I looked forward to the day of vengeance,
and then payback time arrived. 92
63:5 I looked, but there was no one to help;
I was shocked because there was no one offering support. 93
So my right arm accomplished deliverance;
my raging anger drove me on. 94
63:6 I trampled nations in my anger,
I made them drunk 95 in my rage,
I splashed their blood on the ground.” 96
38:10 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, 100 and you will devise an evil plan. 38:11 You will say, “I will invade 101 a land of unwalled towns; I will advance against 102 those living quietly in security – all of them living without walls and barred gates – 38:12 to loot and plunder, to attack 103 the inhabited ruins and the people gathered from the nations, who are acquiring cattle and goods, who live at the center 104 of the earth.”
3:11 Lend your aid 105 and come,
all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves 106 to that place.”
Bring down, O Lord, your warriors! 107
3:12 Let the nations be roused and let them go up
to the valley of Jehoshaphat,
for there I will sit in judgment on all the surrounding nations.
3:13 Rush forth with 108 the sickle, for the harvest is ripe!
Come, stomp the grapes, 109 for the winepress is full!
The vats overflow.
Indeed, their evil is great! 110
3:14 Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision,
for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision! 111