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So that well was named Beer-lahai-roi (which means “well of the Living One who sees me”). It can still be found between Kadesh and Bered.

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highlighted Genesis 16:13 NLT

Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to the LORD, who had spoken to her. She said, “You are the God who sees me.” She also said, “Have I truly seen the One who sees me?”

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This son of yours will be a wild man, as untamed as a wild donkey! He will raise his fist against everyone, and everyone will be against him. Yes, he will live in open hostility against all his relatives.”

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highlighted Genesis 16:9 NLT

The angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit to her authority.”

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highlighted Genesis 16:7 NLT

The angel of the LORD found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road to Shur.

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highlighted Genesis 16:6 NLT

Abram replied, “Look, she is your servant, so deal with her as you see fit.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she finally ran away.

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highlighted Genesis 16:4 NLT

So Abram had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. But when Hagar knew she was pregnant, she began to treat her mistress, Sarai, with contempt.

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highlighted Genesis 16:5 NLT

Then Sarai said to Abram, “This is all your fault! I put my servant into your arms, but now that she’s pregnant she treats me with contempt. The LORD will show who’s wrong—you or me!”

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highlighted Genesis 16:3 NLT

So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian servant and gave her to Abram as a wife. (This happened ten years after Abram had settled in the land of Canaan.)

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highlighted Genesis 16:2 NLT

So Sarai said to Abram, “The LORD has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her.” And Abram agreed with Sarai’s proposal.

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highlighted Genesis 15:19 NLT

the land now occupied by the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

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highlighted Genesis 15:18 NLT

So the LORD made a covenant with Abram that day and said, “I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River—

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highlighted Genesis 15:15 NLT

(As for you, you will die in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.)

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highlighted Genesis 15:14 NLT

But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and in the end they will come away with great wealth.

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highlighted Genesis 15:13 NLT

Then the LORD said to Abram, “You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years.

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highlighted Genesis 15:11 NLT

Some vultures swooped down to eat the carcasses, but Abram chased them away.

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highlighted Genesis 15:5-9 NLT

Then the LORD took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have!”

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highlighted Genesis 15:4 NLT

Then the LORD said to him, “No, your servant will not be your heir, for you will have a son of your own who will be your heir.”

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highlighted Genesis 15:2 NLT

But Abram replied, “O Sovereign LORD, what good are all your blessings when I don’t even have a son? Since you’ve given me no children, Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my wealth.

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highlighted Genesis 14:24 NLT

I will accept only what my young warriors have already eaten, and I request that you give a fair share of the goods to my allies—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre.”

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