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Genesis 16

Sarai, still childless, gives her servant Hagar to Abram. Hagar conceives and flees from Sarai's harshness; the angel of the LORD meets her by a spring in the wilderness and promises a son, Ishmael. Hagar names the LORD 'the God who sees'.

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    Ishmael: “God hears”: “because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.”

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