Genesis 16:7-13 ▼

7 And an angel of God found her by a spring of water in the desert, by the spring on the way to Shur.

8 And he said, |Hagar, servant of Sarai, where did you come from, and where are you going?| And she said, |I am running away from the presence of my mistress Sarai.|

9 The angel of the LORD said to her, |Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority.|

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

11 Then angel of God said to her, |Look, you are with child, and will bear a son. You are to name him Ishmael, because God has heard your affliction.

12 He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. And he will live away from all of his brothers.|

13 She called his name, who spoke to her, |You are El Roi,| for she said, |Here I have seen the one who sees me.|