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.