Now (A)the angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to (B)Shur. He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s slave woman, (C)from where have you come, and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.” So the angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit [a]to her authority.” 10 The (D)angel of the Lord also said to her, “(E)I will greatly multiply your [b]descendants so that [c]they will be too many to count.” 11 The angel of the Lord said to her further,

“Behold, you are pregnant,
And you will give birth to a son;
And you shall name him [d]Ishmael,
Because (F)the Lord has heard your affliction.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:9 Lit under her hands
  2. Genesis 16:10 Lit seed
  3. Genesis 16:10 Lit they shall not be counted for multitude
  4. Genesis 16:11 I.e., God hears

17 God (A)heard the boy crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “[a]What is the matter with you, Hagar? (B)Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. 18 Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him by [b]the hand, (C)for I will make a great nation of him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:17 Lit What to you; an idiom
  2. Genesis 21:18 Lit your

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