Genesis
Chapter 16
Verse 1
All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
WEB
Jump to another chapter in Genesis
Jump to a verse in Genesis 16
All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
World English Bible

Genesis 16

World English Bible, Verse 1

Show original chapter

1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Original Language

Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Genesis 16:1. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 64
Editorial Notes 0
How to read this study data

Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.

When a verse uses different numbering in a source tradition, Spirit Nation may show the closest mapped source reference and label it directly on the panel.

Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

וְשָׂרַי֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת אַבְרָ֔ם לֹ֥א יָלְדָ֖ה ל֑וֹ וְלָ֛הּ שִׁפְחָ֥ה מִצְרִ֖ית וּשְׁמָ֥הּ הָגָֽר׃

11 word entries
וְשָׂרַי֙
Lemma
c/8297
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun proper
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8297
Occurrences
1
אֵ֣שֶׁת
Lemma
802
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H802
Occurrences
438
אַבְרָ֔ם
Lemma
87
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H87
Occurrences
50
לֹ֥א
Lemma
3808
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H3808
Occurrences
3277
יָלְדָ֖ה
Lemma
3205
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3205
Occurrences
300
ל֑וֹ
Lemma
l
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Occurrences
4413
וְלָ֛הּ
Lemma
c/l
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Occurrences
74
שִׁפְחָ֥ה
Lemma
8198
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8198
Occurrences
36
מִצְרִ֖ית
Lemma
4713
Morphology
Hebrew: noun gentilic feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4713
Occurrences
52
וּשְׁמָ֥הּ
Lemma
c/8034
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8034
Occurrences
131
הָגָֽר
Lemma
1904
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1904
Occurrences
12
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Σάρα δὲ ἡ γυνὴ Ἅβραμ οὐκ ἔτικτεν αὐτῷ· ἦν δὲ αὐτῇ παιδίσκη Αἰγυπτία, ᾗ ὄνομα Ἄγαρ.

16 word entries
Σάρα
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
sara
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
12
δὲ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
δέ
Transliteration
de
Morphology
postpositive conjunction/particle
Gloss
but, and, now
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Postpositive connective conjunction.
Occurrences
4634
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
γυνὴ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
gyne
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
woman, wife
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Woman or wife.
Occurrences
889
Ἅβραμ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
Abram
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Abram
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Abram, patriarchal personal name.
Occurrences
66
οὐκ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
οὐ
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle before rough breathing.
Occurrences
5892
ἔτικτεν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
etikten
Morphology
verb, aorist/imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
αὐτῷ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
ἦν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
en
Morphology
verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it was
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
5427
δὲ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
δέ
Transliteration
de
Morphology
postpositive conjunction/particle
Gloss
but, and, now
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Postpositive connective conjunction.
Occurrences
4634
αὐτῇ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
παιδίσκη
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
paidiske
Morphology
nominative feminine singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
21
Αἰγυπτία
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
aigyptia
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ὅς
Transliteration
he
Morphology
relative pronoun, dative feminine singular
Gloss
by which, where
Part of Speech
relative pronoun/adverb
Definition
Relative pronoun or adverbial relative form.
Occurrences
4123
ὄνομα
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
onoma
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
name
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Name.
Occurrences
908
Ἄγαρ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
agar
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἄγαρ
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
13
Targum Onkelos Torah Aramaic · Targum Onkelos · Public Domain

Coverage: Torah

Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.

וְשָׂרַי אִתַּת אַבְרָם לָא יְלִידַת לֵהּ וְלַהּ אַמְתָא מִצְרֵיתָא וּשְׁמַהּ הָגָר

11 word entries
וְשָׂרַי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שרי
Transliteration
wshry
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
39
אִתַּת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אתת
Transliteration
'tt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
51
אַבְרָם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'brm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
58
לָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
לא
Transliteration
l'
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
1040
יְלִידַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ylydt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
59
לֵהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לה
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
465
וְלַהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ולה
Transliteration
wlh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
7
אַמְתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'mt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
34
מִצְרֵיתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mtsryt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
4
וּשְׁמַהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שמה
Transliteration
wshmh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
67
הָגָר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
הגר
Transliteration
hgr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
12
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܘܣܪܝ ܐܢܬܬܗ ܕܐܒܪܡ ܠܐ ܝܠ̣ܕܬ ܠܗ. ܘܐܝܬ ܗܘܬ ܠܗ̇ ܐܡܬܐ ܡܨܪܝܬܐ ܘܫܡܗ̇ ܗܓܪ.

13 word entries
ܘܣܪܝ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
WSRJ
Morphology
W-SRJ/
Occurrences
0
ܐܢܬܬܗ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
>NTTH
Morphology
>NT(>/T-H
Occurrences
0
ܕܐܒܪܡ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
D>BRM
Morphology
D->BRM/
Occurrences
0
ܠܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
L>
Morphology
L>
Occurrences
0
ܝܠ̣ܕܬ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
JL#DT
Morphology
JLD[T==
Occurrences
0
ܠܗ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
LH
Morphology
L-H
Occurrences
0
ܘܐܝܬ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
W>JT
Morphology
W->JT(J/
Occurrences
0
ܗܘܬ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
HWT
Morphology
HW(J[T==
Occurrences
0
ܠܗ̇
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
LH^
Morphology
L-H=
Occurrences
0
ܐܡܬܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
>MT>
Morphology
>M(>=/T~>
Occurrences
0
ܡܨܪܝܬܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
MYRJT>
Morphology
MYRJ/T~>
Occurrences
0
ܘܫܡܗ̇
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
WCMH^
Morphology
W-CM/-H=
Occurrences
0
ܗܓܪ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
HGR
Morphology
HGR/
Occurrences
0
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Igitur Sarai, uxor Abram, non genuerat liberos: sed habens ancillam ægyptiam nomine Agar,

13 word entries
igitur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
igitur
Transliteration
igitur
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
420
Sarai
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Sarai
Transliteration
Sarai
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
10
uxor
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uxor
Transliteration
uxor
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
505
Abram
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Abram
Transliteration
Abram
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
46
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
genuerat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gigno
Transliteration
genuerat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
302
liberos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
liberi
Transliteration
liberos
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
58
sed
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sed
Transliteration
sed
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1637
habens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
habeo
Transliteration
habens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1641
ancillam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ancilla
Transliteration
ancillam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
127
aegyptiam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
aegyptiam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
2
nomine
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nomen
Transliteration
nomine
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1130
Agar
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Agar
Transliteration
Agar
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
9

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Galatians 4:24

These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.

9 relevance votes

Genesis 12:16

He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

6 relevance votes

Luke 1:36

Behold, Elizabeth your relative also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

4 relevance votes

Genesis 21:12

God said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your servant. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For your offspring will be named through Isaac.

4 relevance votes

Genesis 11:30

Sarai was barren. She had no child.

4 relevance votes

Luke 1:7

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

4 relevance votes

Genesis 21:21

He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother got a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.

4 relevance votes

Judges 13:2

There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and childless.

4 relevance votes

Genesis 25:21

Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

4 relevance votes
Chapter 16 of 50 Verse 1 of 16