Genesis 16:8-12

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[8] He said, "Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai." [9] The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands." [10] The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude." [11] The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction. [12] He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers."

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Genesis 16:8-12 mentions Canaan, Kadesh-barnea and Shur.

Canaan · Bahnfrend
Kadesh-barnea · Matson Collection

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