Genesis 16:7
The LORD’s angel found Hagar near a spring of water in the wilderness– the spring that is along the road to Shur.
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 25:18 : 18 His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which runs next to Egypt all the way to Asshur. They settled away from all their relatives.
- Exod 15:22 : 22 The Bitter Water Then Moses led Israel to journey away from the Red Sea. They went out to the wilderness of Shur, walked for three days into the wilderness, and found no water.
- 1 Sam 15:7 : 7 Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is next to Egypt.
- Prov 15:3 : 3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.
- Gen 31:11 : 11 In the dream the angel of God said to me,‘Jacob!’‘Here I am!’ I replied.
- Gen 20:1 : 1 Abraham and Abimelech Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident in Gerar,
- Gen 21:17 : 17 But God heard the boy’s voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her,“What is the matter, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the boy’s voice right where he is crying.
- Gen 22:11 : 11 But the LORD’s angel called to him from heaven,“Abraham! Abraham!”“Here I am!” he answered.
- Gen 22:15 : 15 The LORD’s angel called to Abraham a second time from heaven
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Gen 16:8-114 verses84%
8 He said,“Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She replied,“I’m running away from my mistress, Sarai.”
9 Then the LORD’s angel said to her,“Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.
10 I will greatly multiply your descendants,” the LORD’s angel added,“so that they will be too numerous to count.”
11 Then the LORD’s angel said to her,“You are now pregnant and are about to give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your painful groans.
- Gen 21:14-174 verses76%
14 Early in the morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He put them on her shoulders, gave her the child, and sent her away. So she went wandering aimlessly through the wilderness of Beer Sheba.
15 When the water in the skin was gone, she shoved the child under one of the shrubs.
16 Then she went and sat down by herself across from him at quite a distance, about a bowshot, away; for she thought,“I refuse to watch the child die.” So she sat across from him and wept uncontrollably.
17 But God heard the boy’s voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her,“What is the matter, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the boy’s voice right where he is crying.
- Gen 16:13-153 verses76%
13 So Hagar named the LORD who spoke to her,“You are the God who sees me,” for she said,“Here I have seen one who sees me!”
14 That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi.(It is located between Kadesh and Bered.)
15 So Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son, whom Abram named Ishmael.
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19 Then God enabled Hagar to see a well of water. She went over and filled the skin with water, and then gave the boy a drink.
- Gen 16:1-66 verses74%
1 The Birth of Ishmael Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.
2 So Sarai said to Abram,“Since the LORD has prevented me from having children, please sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.” Abram did what Sarai told him.
3 So after Abram had lived in Canaan for ten years, Sarai, Abram’s wife, gave Hagar, her Egyptian servant, to her husband to be his wife.
4 He slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. Once Hagar realized she was pregnant, she despised Sarai.
5 Then Sarai said to Abram,“You have brought this wrong on me! I gave my servant into your embrace, but when she realized that she was pregnant, she despised me. May the LORD judge between you and me!”
6 Abram said to Sarai,“Since your servant is under your authority, do to her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai treated Hagar harshly, so she ran away from Sarai.
- Gen 24:42-465 verses72%
42 When I came to the spring today, I prayed,‘O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if you have decided to make my journey successful, may events unfold as follows:
43 Here I am, standing by the spring. When the young woman goes out to draw water, I’ll say,“Please give me a little water to drink from your jug.”
44 Then she will reply to me,“Drink, and I’ll draw water for your camels too.” May that woman be the one whom the LORD has chosen for my master’s son.’
45 “Before I finished praying in my heart, along came Rebekah with her water jug on her shoulder! She went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her,‘Please give me a drink.’
46 She quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and said,‘Drink, and I’ll give your camels water too.’ So I drank, and she also gave the camels water.
- Gen 24:16-205 verses72%
16 Now the young woman was very beautiful. She was a virgin; no man had ever been physically intimate with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came back up.
17 Abraham’s servant ran to meet her and said,“Please give me a sip of water from your jug.”
18 “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and quickly lowering her jug to her hands, she gave him a drink.
19 When she had done so, she said,“I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have drunk as much as they want.”
20 She quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels.
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7 “The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives, promised me with a solemn oath,‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ He will send his angel before you so that you may find a wife for my son from there.
- Gen 24:13-142 verses70%
13 Here I am, standing by the spring, and the daughters of the people who live in the town are coming out to draw water.
14 I will say to a young woman,‘Please lower your jar so I may drink.’ May the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac reply,‘Drink, and I’ll give your camels water too.’ In this way I will know that you have been faithful to my master.”
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15 When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering in the field, so the man asked him,“What are you looking for?”
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1 Abraham and Abimelech Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident in Gerar,