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.
“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.”
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.
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