Genesis 16
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Genesis 16:7-14

7The Lord’s angel found Hagar near a spring of water in the desert – the spring that is along the road to Shur.

8He said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She replied, “I’m running away from my mistress, Sarai.”

9Then the Lord’s angel said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.

10I will greatly multiply your descendants,” the Lord’s angel added, “so that they will be too numerous to count.”

11Then the Lord’s angel said to her, “You are now pregnant and are about to give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard your painful groans.

12He will be a wild donkey of a man. He will be hostile to everyone, and everyone will be hostile to him. He will live away from his brothers.”

13So Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen one who sees me!”

14That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. (It is located between Kadesh and Bered.)

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