Genesis 16:7-13 ▼

7 The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the desert on the road to Shur.

8 |Hagar, servant of Sarai,| he asked, |Where are you coming from and where are you going?| She answered, |I am running away from my mistress Sarai.|

9 The angel of the LORD told her, |You must go back to your mistress and submit to her authority.|

10 The angel of the LORD also told her, |I will greatly multiply your offspring, who will be too many to count.

11 |Look, you are pregnant and will give birth to a son,| the angel of the LORD continued to say to her. |You will name him Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your cry of misery.

12 He'll be a wild donkey of a man. He'll be against everyone, and everyone will be against him. He will live in conflict with all of his relatives.|

13 So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, |You are 'God who sees,' because I have truly seen the one who looks after me.|