וַתִּקַּ֞ח שָׂרַ֣י אֵֽשֶׁת־אַבְרָ֗ם אֶת־הָגָ֤ר הַמִּצְרִית֙ שִׁפְחָתָ֔הּ מִקֵּץ֙ עֶ֣שֶׂר שָׁנִ֔ים לְשֶׁ֥בֶת אַבְרָ֖ם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וַתִּתֵּ֥ן אֹתָ֛הּ לְאַבְרָ֥ם אִישָׁ֖הּ ל֥וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
At kinuha ni Sarai, na asawa ni Abram, si Hagar na Egipcio, ang kanyang alilang babae, pagkalipas ng sampung taon ng paninirahan ni Abram sa lupain ng Canaan, at ibinigay niya ito kay Abram na kanyang asawa, upang maging asawa ni Abram.
On Mating with the Preliminary Studies
[71] The verse continues, “So Sarah the wife of Abraham, ten years after Abraham dwelt in Canaan, took Hagar the Egyptian her handmaid and gave her to Abraham her husband as his wife” (Gen. 16:3). Now vice is malignant and sour and ill-minded by nature, while virtue is gentle and sociable and kindly, willing in every way, either by herself or others, to help those whom nature has gifted. Thus in the case before us,