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Genesis 21:17

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And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

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  1. Genesis 21:15

    And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

  2. Genesis 21:16

    And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

  3. Genesis 21:18

    Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

  4. Genesis 21:19

    And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

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