Genesis 16:7-16 ▼

7 Now the angel (Angel) of the LORD {YHWH} found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur (wall).

8 “Hagar (flight), servant of Sarai (princess),” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.

9 So the angel of the LORD {YHWH} told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”

10 Then the angel {YHWH} added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”

11 The angel of the LORD {YHWH} proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael (God hears), for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.

12 He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”

13 So Hagar gave this name to the LORD {YHWH} who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me {El-Roi}, for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”

14 Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi (well of the Living One who sees me). It is located between Kadesh (holy) and Bered (hail).

15 And Hagar (flight) bore Abram (exalted father) a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael (God hears) to the son she had borne.

16 Abram (exalted father) was eighty-six years old when Hagar (flight) bore Ishmael (God hears) to him.