Genesis 16:7–14

⁷The Angel of the Lord ^xfound her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. ⁸He said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?”

She replied, “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai.”

⁹Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “You must go back to your mistress and submit to her mistreatment.” ^y10The Angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, ^zand they will be too many to count.”

¹¹Then the Angel of the Lord said to her:

You have conceived and will have a son.

You will name him Ishmael, ^a

for the Lord has heard your cry of affliction.

¹²This man will be like a wild donkey.

His hand will be against everyone,

and everyone’s hand will be against him;

he will live at odds with ^ball his brothers. ^c

¹³So she called the Lord who spoke to her: The God Who Sees, ^dfor she said, “In this place, have I actually seen ^ethe One who sees me?” ^f14That is why she named the spring, “A Well of the Living One Who Sees Me.” ^gIt is located between Kadesh and Bered.