Genesis 16:7-16

The Greater Middle East is amass with tragedy......violence and deception are everywhere. Is there hope for man? God loves all of His creation and has compassion for all humanity. Our only hope is Jesus Christ and His message of salvation and peace that He gives to all who will accept Him. The Biblical prophesy of Ishmael lives on.

Genesis 16:7-16

 Now the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. ⁸ And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?” 

She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.” 

⁹ The Angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand.” ¹⁰ Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.” ¹¹ And the Angel of the Lord said to her: 
“Behold, you are with child, 
And you shall bear a son. 
You shall call his name Ishmael, 
Because the Lord has heard your affliction. 
¹² He shall be a wild man; 
His hand shall be against every man, 
And every man’s hand against him. 
And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.” 

¹³ Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, You-Are- the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, “Have I also here seen Him who sees me?” ¹⁴ Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; observe, it is between Kadesh and Bered. 

¹⁵ So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. ¹⁶ Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.