Genesis 16

summary
Sarai and Abram come up with a plan which will produce a son for Abram, even though Sarai has not been able to conceive. When the plan does not go well for them, God blesses the surrogate mother and the son who will be born.

key verses
16:15-16 Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.

related verse
Gen 17:20-21 As for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation. But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.