16 She walked away from him about as far as a bow shot and sat down, telling herself, I can’t bear to see the boy die. She sat at a distance, cried out in grief, and wept.
17 God heard the boy’s cries, and God’s messenger called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "Hagar! What’s wrong? Don’t be afraid. God has heard the boy’s cries over there.
18 Get up, pick up the boy, and take him by the hand because I will make of him a great nation."
19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well. She went over, filled the water flask, and gave the boy a drink.
20 God remained with the boy; he grew up, lived in the desert, and became an expert archer.
21 He lived in the Paran desert, and his mother found him an Egyptian wife.
22 At that time Abimelech, and Phicol commander of his forces, said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything that you do.