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Now (A)the angel of Yahweh found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to (B)Shur. And he said, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant-woman, (C)where have you come from and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.” Then the angel of Yahweh said to her, “Return to your mistress and [a]humble yourself under her hands.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:9 Lit afflict, cf. 16:6

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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