Genesis 16:7

And an angel of the Lord came to her by a fountain of water in the waste land, by the fountain on the way to Shur.

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In The King James Version

And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

In Context

6And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.

8And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:1And Abraham went on his way from there to the land of the South, and was living between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar.

Genesis 22:11But the voice of the angel of the Lord came from heaven, saying, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

Genesis 25:18And their country was from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt: they took their place to the east of all their brothers.

Exodus 15:22Then Moses took Israel forward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the waste land of Shur; and for three days they were in the waste land where there was no water.

Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 16:5-7

4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee. 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. We have here the immediate bad… Read the whole commentary →

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