New American Bible, Revised Edition

Genesis 16:10-16 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

10. I will make your descendants so numerous,” added the Lord’s angel, “that they will be too many to count.”

11. Then the Lord’s angel said to her:“You are now pregnant and shall bear a son;you shall name him Ishmael,For the Lord has heeded your affliction.

12. He shall be a wild ass of a man,his hand against everyone,and everyone’s hand against him;Alongside all his kindredshall he encamp.”

13. To the Lord who spoke to her she gave a name, saying, “You are God who sees me”; she meant, “Have I really seen God and remained alive after he saw me?”

14. That is why the well is called Beer-lahai-roi. It is between Kadesh and Bered.

15. Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram named the son whom Hagar bore him Ishmael.

16. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.