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11 You are going to have a son, and you will name him Ishmael,[a] because the Lord has heard your cry of distress. 12 But your son will live like a wild donkey; he will be against everyone, and everyone will be against him. He will live apart from all his relatives.”

13 Hagar asked herself, “Have I really seen God and lived to tell about it?”[b] So she called the Lord, who had spoken to her, “A God Who Sees.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:11 This name in Hebrew means “God hears.”
  2. Genesis 16:13 Probable text lived to tell about it?; Hebrew unclear.

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