Genesis 21:16-18

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¹⁶ Then she went a good way off, the distance of a bowshot, and sat down across from him. She thought, “My son will die, and I cannot watch this happen.” She sat there across from him and began to cry.

¹⁷ God heard the ·boy crying [^Lsound/voice of the boy], and God’s ·angel [messenger; 16:7] called to Hagar from heaven. He said, “What is wrong, Hagar? Don’t be afraid! God has heard the ·boy crying [^Lthe sound/voice of the boy] there. ¹⁸ ·Help [Get up and lift] him up and take him by the hand. I will make ·his descendants [^Lhim] into a great nation.” [^CIshmael is considered the ancestor of the Arab people.]