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Hagar’s Son Ishmael

The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring of water in the desert. The spring was by the road to Shur. The angel said, “Hagar, Sarai’s slave girl, why are you here? Where are you going?”

Hagar said, “I am running away from Sarai.”

The angel of the Lord said to her, “Sarai is your owner. Go home to her and obey her.”

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The angel of the Lord(A) found Hagar near a spring(B) in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.(C) And he said, “Hagar,(D) slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”(E)

“I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.

Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.”

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