16. and then went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away; for she said to herself, “I cannot watch the child die.” As she sat opposite him, she wept aloud.
17. God heard the boy’s voice, and God’s angel called to Hagar from heaven: “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not fear; God has heard the boy’s voice in this plight of his.
18. Get up, lift up the boy and hold him by the hand; for I will make of him a great nation.”
19. Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went and filled the skin with water, and then let the boy drink.
20. God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an expert bowman.
21. He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
22. At that time Abimelech, accompanied by Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham: “God is with you in everything you do.