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Genesis 16:8-11
Contemporary English Version
Genesis 16:8-11
Contemporary English Version
8 and asked, “Hagar, where have you come from, and where are you going?”
She answered, “I'm running away from Sarai, my owner.”
9 The angel said, “Go back to Sarai and be her slave. 10-11 I will give you a son, who will be called Ishmael,[a] because I have heard your cry for help. And someday I will give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all.
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- 16.10,11 Ishmael: In Hebrew “Ishmael” sounds like “God hears.”
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