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Genesis 16:7

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Yahweh’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.

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Genesis 16:7 in other translations

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

Genesis 16:7 · American Standard Version

Genesis 16:7 in context

  1. 5Sarai said to Abram, “This wrong is your fault. I gave my servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, she despised me. May Yahweh judge between me and you.”
  2. 6But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
  3. 7Yahweh’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
  4. 8He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where did you come from? Where are you going?”
    She said, “I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.”
  5. 9Yahweh’s angel said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.”