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Genesis 16:7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Genesis 16:7 NIV

The angel of the LORD found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.

Genesis 16:8 NIV

And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.

Genesis 16:9 NIV

Then the angel of the LORD told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.”

Genesis 16:10 NIV

The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”

Genesis 16:11 NIV

The angel of the LORD also said to her: “You are now pregnant and you will give birth to a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard of your misery.

Genesis 16:12 NIV

He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”

Genesis 16:13 NIV

She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”