Genesis 16:7-14
Legacy Standard Bible
7 Now (A)the angel of Yahweh found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to (B)Shur. 8 And he said, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant-woman, (C)where have you come from and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.” 9 Then the angel of Yahweh said to her, “Return to your mistress and [a]humble yourself under her hands.” 10 Moreover, the (D)angel of Yahweh said to her, “(E)I will greatly multiply your seed so that [b]they will be too many to be counted.” 11 And the angel of Yahweh said to her further,
“Behold, you [c]are with child,
And you will bear a son;
And you shall call his name [d]Ishmael,
Because (F)Yahweh has heard your affliction.
12 And he will be a (G)wild donkey of a man,
His hand will be against everyone,
And everyone’s hand will be against him;
And he will dwell [e](H)in the face of all his brothers.”
13 Then she called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, “[f]You are [g]a God who sees”; for she said, “(I)Have I even [h]remained alive here after seeing Him?” 14 Therefore the well was called [i]Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between (J)Kadesh and Bered.
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- Genesis 16:9 Lit afflict, cf. 16:6
- Genesis 16:10 Or it shall not be counted for multitude
- Genesis 16:11 Or have conceived, cf. 3:16; 21:2; 25:21; Ex 2:2; 1 Sam 1:20; Luke 1:31, 36
- Genesis 16:11 Lit God hears
- Genesis 16:12 Or to the east of, in defiance of
- Genesis 16:13 Or You, O God, see me
- Genesis 16:13 Heb El roi
- Genesis 16:13 Lit seen here after the one who saw me
- Genesis 16:14 Lit the well of the living one who sees me
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