The Angel of the Lord(A) found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.

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Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “You must go back to your mistress and submit to her mistreatment.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:9 Lit to mistreatment under her hand

Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.”

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11 Then the Angel of the Lord said to her:

You have conceived and will have a son.
You will name him Ishmael,[a]
for the Lord has heard your cry of affliction.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:11 = God Hears

11 The angel of the Lord(A) also said to her:

“You are now pregnant
    and you will give birth to a son.(B)
You shall name him(C) Ishmael,[a](D)
    for the Lord has heard of your misery.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:11 Ishmael means God hears.