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Genesis 16:7-16 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

7. And the angel of the Lord having found her, by a fountain of water in the wilderness, which is in the way to Sur in the desert,

8. He said to her: Agar, handmaid of Sarai, whence comest thou? and whither goest thou? And she answered: I flee from the face of Sarai, my mistress.

9. And the angel of the Lord said to her: Return to thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hand.

10. And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.

11. And again: Behold, said he, thou art with child, and thou shalt bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Ismael, because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.

12. He shall be a wild man: his hand will be against all men, and all men's hands against him: and he shall pitch his tents over against all his brethren.

13. And she called the name of the Lord that spoke unto her: Thou the God who hast seen me. For she said: Verily here have I seen the hinder parts of him that seeth me.

14. Therefore she called that well, The well of him that liveth and seeth me. The same is between Cades and Bared.

15. And Agar brought forth a son to Abram: who called his name Ismael.

16. Abram was fourscore and six years old when Agar brought him forth Ismael.

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