Genesis 16:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 16:7

5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “My wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. ^aThe Lord judge between you and me.”

6 ^aSo Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, ^bshe fled from her presence.

7 Now the ^aAngel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, ^bby the spring on the way to ^cShur.

8 And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”

9 The Angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and ^asubmit yourself under her hand.”

10 Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, ^a“I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.”

11 And the Angel of the Lord said to her:
“Behold, you are with child,
^aAnd you shall bear a son.
You shall call his name¹ Ishmael,
Because the Lord has heard your affliction.

12 ^aHe shall be a wild man;
His hand shall be against every man,
And every man’s hand against him.
^bAnd he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”

13 Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, You-Are-¹the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, “Have I also here² seen Him ^awho sees me?”

14 Therefore the well was called ^aBeer Lahai Roi; observe, it is ^bbetween Kadesh and Bered.

15 So ^aHagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 16:7

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American Standard Version
And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

Amplified® Bible
But the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness on the road to Shur.

Contemporary English Version
Hagar stopped to rest at a spring in the desert on the road to Shur. While she was there, the angel of the LORD came to her

Darby English Version
And the Angel of Jehovah found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

Good News Bible
The angel of the LORD met Hagar at a spring in the desert on the road to Shur

King James Version
And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

New American Standard Bible
Now the angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

New International Version
The angel of the LORD found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.

New King James Version
Now the Angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now the angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

Revised Standard Version
The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.

Young's Literal Translation
And a messenger of Jehovah findeth her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way `to' Shur,

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