Genesis 16:7-13 ▼

7 The LORD’s angel found her by a spring in the wilderness, the spring on the road to Shur,

8 and he asked, “Hagar, maid of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She answered, “I am running away from my mistress, Sarai.”

9 But the LORD’s angel told her: “Go back to your mistress and submit to her authority.

10 I will make your descendants so numerous,” added the LORD’s angel, “that they will be too many to count.”

11 Then the LORD’s angel said to her: “You are now pregnant and shall bear a son; you shall name him Ishmael, For the LORD has heeded your affliction.

12 He shall be a wild ass of a man, his hand against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; Alongside all his kindred shall he encamp.”

13 To the LORD who spoke to her she gave a name, saying, “You are God who sees me”; she meant, “Have I really seen God and remained alive after he saw me?”