But Abram said to Sarai, “Look, your slave woman is in your [a]power; do to her what is good in your [b]sight.” So Sarai treated her harshly, and (A)she fled from her presence.

Now (B)the angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to (C)Shur. He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s slave woman, (D)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 [c]to her authority.” 10 The (E)angel of the Lord also said to her, “(F)I will greatly multiply your [d]descendants so that [e]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 [f]Ishmael,
Because (G)the Lord has heard your affliction.
12 But he will be a (H)wild donkey of a man;
His hand will be against everyone,
And everyone’s hand will be against him;
And he will live [g](I)in defiance of all his brothers.”

13 Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “[h]You are [i]a God who sees me”; for she said, “(J)Have I even seen Him here and lived after [j]He saw me?” 14 Therefore the well was called [k]Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between (K)Kadesh and Bered.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:6 Lit hand
  2. Genesis 16:6 Lit eyes
  3. Genesis 16:9 Lit under her hands
  4. Genesis 16:10 Lit seed
  5. Genesis 16:10 Lit they shall not be counted for multitude
  6. Genesis 16:11 I.e., God hears
  7. Genesis 16:12 Lit before the face of; or opposite
  8. Genesis 16:13 Or You, God, see me
  9. Genesis 16:13 Heb Elroi
  10. Genesis 16:13 Lit His seeing me
  11. Genesis 16:14 I.e., the well of the living one who sees me

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