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## Genesis 16:11-16 in Context (Verses 8–16 KJV)
 
 [8 ](/kjv/genesis/16/8) And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
 
 [9 ](/kjv/genesis/16/9) And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
 
 [10 ](/kjv/genesis/16/10) And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
 
 [11 ](/kjv/genesis/16/11) And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou *art* with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.*
 
 [12 ](/kjv/genesis/16/12) And he will be a wild man; his hand *will be* against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
 
 [13 ](/kjv/genesis/16/13) And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
 
 [14 ](/kjv/genesis/16/14) Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, *it is* between Kadesh and Bered.*
 
 [15 ](/kjv/genesis/16/15) ¶ And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/genesis/16/16) And Abram *was* fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
 
[Genesis 15](/kjv/genesis/15) [Genesis 17](/kjv/genesis/17)

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