⁷ The angel of the Lord^(A) found Hagar near a spring^(B) in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.^{(C) 8} And he said, “Hagar,^(D) slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”^(E)

“I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.

³¹ Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes,^(A) and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell facedown.

²¹ Then the angel of the Lord touched the meat and the unleavened bread^(A) with the tip of the staff^(B) that was in his hand. Fire flared from the rock, consuming the meat and the bread. And the angel of the Lord disappeared.

³ The angel of the Lord^(A) appeared to her^(B) and said, “You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son.^{(C) 4} Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink^(D) and that you do not eat anything unclean.^{(E) 5} You will become pregnant and have a son^(F) whose head is never to be touched by a razor^(G) because the boy is to be a Nazirite,^(H) dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead^(I) in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”

⁶ Then the woman went to her husband and told him, “A man of God^(J) came to me. He looked like an angel of God,^(K) very awesome.^(L) I didn’t ask him where he came from, and he didn’t tell me his name.