Genesis 16:7-13 ▼

7 Now the angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

8 He said, |Hagar, Sarai's maid, 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 the LORD said to her, |Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority.|

10 Moreover, the angel of the LORD said to her, |I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count.|

11 The angel of the LORD said to her further, |Behold, you are with child, And you will bear a son; And you shall call his name Ishmael, Because the LORD has given heed to your affliction.

12 |He will be a wild donkey of a man, His hand [will be] against everyone, And everyone's hand [will be] against him; And he will live to the east of all his brothers.|

13 Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, |You are a God who sees|; for she said, |Have I even remained alive here after seeing Him?|