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1 Abram's wife Sarai had not been able to have any children. But she owned a young Egyptian slave woman named Hagar,

2 and Sarai said to Abram, “The Lord has not given me any children. Sleep with my slave, and if she has a child, it will be mine.” Abram agreed,

3 and Sarai gave him Hagar to be his wife. This happened after Abram had lived in the land of Canaan for ten years.

4 Later, when Hagar knew she was going to have a baby, she became proud and treated Sarai hatefully.

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Des milliers d'années en 50 chapitres La Genèse couvre plus de temps que tout le reste de la Bible réuni : de la création du monde jusqu'à l'installation en Égypte. Aucun autre livre biblique ne parcourt autant d'histoire en si peu de pages.

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Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph

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