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11 The Lord’s messenger said to her,

“You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son.
        You will name him Ishmael[a]
        because the Lord has heard about your harsh treatment.
12 He will be a wild mule of a man;
        he will fight everyone, and they will fight him.
        He will live at odds with all his relatives.”[b]

13 Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, “You are El Roi”[c] because she said, “Can I still see after he saw me?”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:11 Or God hears
  2. Genesis 16:12 Or He will reside near all his relatives.
  3. Genesis 16:13 Or God who sees or God whom I’ve seen
  4. Genesis 16:13 Heb uncertain; or Have I really seen God and survived?

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