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Genesis 16:7-12

7Andtheangelמַלְאַ֧ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovahfoundH4672herbyafountainofwaterהַמַּ֖יִםha.Ma.yimH4325inthewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.BarH4057,bythefountaininthewayבְּדֶ֥רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870toShurשֽׁוּר׃ShurH7793.

8AndhesaidH559,Hagarהָגָ֞רha.GarH1904,Sarai’shandmaid, whence camest thou?andwhither goest thou?AndshesaidH559,Iamfleeingבֹּרַֽחַת׃bo.Ra.chatH1272fromthefaceH6440ofmymistressגְּבִרְתִּ֔יge.vir.TiH1404SaraiH8297.

9Andtheangelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovahsaidH559untoher,Returnשׁ֖וּבִיShu.viH7725tothymistressגְּבִרְתֵּ֑ךְge.vir.TekhH1404,andsubmit thyselfunderherhandsיָדֶֽיהָ׃ya.Dei.haH3027.

10Andtheangelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovahsaidH559untoher,IwillgreatlyH7235multiplyH7235thyseedH2233,thatitshallnotbenumberedformultitudeמֵרֹֽב׃me.RoH7230.

11Andtheangelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovahsaidH559untoher,Behold, thou artwithchild,andshaltbearוְיֹלַ֣דְתְּve.yo.LadtH3205asonבֵּ֑ןBenH1121;andthou shaltcallוְקָרָ֤אתve.ka.RatH7121hisnameשְׁמוֹ֙she.MoH8034Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵ֔אלyish.ma.'ElH3458,becauseJehovahhathheardH8085thy affliction.

12Andheshallbeיִהְיֶה֙yih.YehH1961asawildפֶּ֣רֶאPe.re'H6501assamongmenאָדָ֔ם'a.DamH120;hishandיָד֣וֹya.DoH3027shallbeH1961againsteverymanH120,andeveryman’sH120handוְיַ֥דve.YadH3027againsthim;andheshalldwellיִשְׁכֹּֽן׃yish.KonH7931overagainstallhisbrethren.

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