Genesis 21:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 16:11 : 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.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 The LORD said,“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
  • Exod 14:13 : 13 Moses said to the people,“Do not fear! Stand firm and see the salvation of the LORD that he will provide for you today; for the Egyptians that you see today you will never, ever see again.
  • Exod 22:23 : 23 If you afflict them in any way and they cry to me, I will surely hear their cry,
  • Exod 22:27 : 27 for it is his only covering– it is his garment for his body. What else can he sleep in? And when he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am gracious.
  • Judg 18:23 : 23 When they called out to the Danites, the Danites turned around and said to Micah,“Why have you gathered together?”
  • 1 Sam 11:5 : 5 Now Saul was walking behind the oxen as he came from the field. Saul asked,“What has happened to the people? Why are they weeping?” So they told him about the men of Jabesh.
  • 2 Kgs 13:4 : 4 Jehoahaz asked for the LORD’s mercy and the LORD responded favorably, for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria.
  • 2 Kgs 13:23 : 23 But the LORD had mercy on them and felt pity for them. He extended his favor to them because of the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day.
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!”
  • Ps 65:2 : 2 You hear prayers; all people approach you.
  • Ps 91:15 : 15 When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.
  • Ps 107:4-6 : 4 They wandered through the wilderness, in a wasteland; they found no road to a city in which to live. 5 They were hungry and thirsty; they fainted from exhaustion. 6 They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.
  • Isa 22:1 : 1 The Lord Will Judge Jerusalem This is an oracle about the Valley of Vision: What is the reason that all of you go up to the rooftops?
  • Isa 41:10 : 10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you– yes, I help you– yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!
  • Isa 41:13-14 : 13 For I am the LORD your God, the one who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you,‘Don’t be afraid, I am helping you.’ 14 Don’t be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you,” says the LORD, your protector, the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 43:1-2 : 1 The Lord Will Rescue His People Now, this is what the LORD says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel:“Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.
  • Matt 15:32 : 32 The Feeding of the Four Thousand Then Jesus called the disciples and said,“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way.”
  • Mark 5:36 : 36 But Jesus, paying no attention to what was said, told the synagogue leader,“Do not be afraid; just believe.”
  • Gen 46:3 : 3 He said,“I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
  • Gen 15:1 : 1 The Cutting of the Covenant After these things the LORD’s message came to Abram in a vision:“Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance.”
  • Gen 16:9 : 9 Then the LORD’s angel said to her,“Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 21:18-20
    3 verses
    82%

    18Get up! Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

    19Then 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.

    20God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

  • Gen 21:9-16
    8 verses
    82%

    9But Sarah noticed the son of Hagar the Egyptian– the son whom Hagar had borne to Abraham– mocking.

    10So she said to Abraham,“Banish that slave woman and her son, for the son of that slave woman will not be an heir along with my son Isaac!”

    11Sarah’s demand displeased Abraham greatly because Ishmael was his son.

    12But God said to Abraham,“Do not be upset about the boy or your slave wife. Do all that Sarah is telling you because through Isaac your descendants will be counted.

    13But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”

    14Early 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.

    15When the water in the skin was gone, she shoved the child under one of the shrubs.

    16Then 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.

  • Gen 16:7-11
    5 verses
    78%

    7The LORD’s angel found Hagar near a spring of water in the wilderness– the spring that is along the road to Shur.

    8He 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.”

    9Then the LORD’s angel said to her,“Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.

    10I will greatly multiply your descendants,” the LORD’s angel added,“so that they will be too numerous to count.”

    11Then 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 22:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11But the LORD’s angel called to him from heaven,“Abraham! Abraham!”“Here I am!” he answered.

    12“Do not harm the boy!” the angel said.“Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.”

  • Gen 17:18-20
    3 verses
    73%

    18Abraham said to God,“O that Ishmael might live before you!”

    19God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.

    20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.

  • Gen 16:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13So 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!”

    14That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi.(It is located between Kadesh and Bered.)

    15So Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son, whom Abram named Ishmael.

  • Gen 22:15
    71%

    15The LORD’s angel called to Abraham a second time from heaven

  • Gen 22:7
    70%

    7Isaac said to his father Abraham,“My father?”“What is it, my son?” he replied.“Here is the fire and the wood,” Isaac said,“but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

  • Gen 25:12
    69%

    12The Sons of Ishmael This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.

  • Gen 24:7
    69%

    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 16:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1The Birth of Ishmael Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.

    2So 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.

  • Gen 31:11
    68%

    11In the dream the angel of God said to me,‘Jacob!’‘Here I am!’ I replied.