Genesis 16:7-13

Sarai and Hagar

7 The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to f Shur. 8 And he said, "Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai." 9 The angel of the Lord said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her." 10 The angel of the Lord also said to her, g "I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude."

11 And the angel of the Lord said to her,
"Behold, you are pregnant
and shall bear a son.
You shall call his name Ishmael, 1
h because the Lord has listened to your affliction.
 12 He shall be i a wild donkey of a man,
his hand against everyone
and everyone's hand against him,
and he shall dwell j over against all his kinsmen."

13 So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, "You are a God of seeing," 2 for she said, k "Truly here I have seen him who looks after me." 3

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 25:18
    They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.
    Exodus 15:22
    Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 17:20
    As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.
    Genesis 21:18
    Up! Lift up the boy, and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make him into a great nation.
    Genesis 25:12 - 18
    These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 29:32
    And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, "Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.
  4. Cross References
    Job 39:5 - 8
    Who has let the wild donkey go free? Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey.
    Genesis 21:20
    And God was with the boy, and he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 25:18
    They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 32:30
    So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.
    Exodus 19:21
    And the Lord said to Moses, "Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord to look and many of them perish.
    Exodus 33:20
    But," he said, "you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.
    Judges 13:22
    And Manoah said to his wife, "We shall surely die, for we have seen God.
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