Genesis 16:7
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| Overview - Genesis 16 | |
| 1 | Sarai, being barren, gives Hagar to Abram. |
| 4 | Hagar, being afflicted for despising her mistress, runs away. |
| 7 | An angel commands her to return and submit herself, promises her a numerous posterity, and shows their character and condition. |
| 13 | Hagar names the place, and returns to Sarai. |
| 15 | Ishmael is born. |
| 16 | The age of Abram. |
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Genesis 16:7 (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.
- found
- Proverbs 15:3
- the fountain
- 25:18 Exodus 15:22 ; 1 Samuel 15:7
- Shur
- The desert of Shur being between the south of Canaan, where Hebron was situated, and Egypt, it is likely that Hagar was returning to her own country.