17And the boy's cry came to the ears of God; and the angel of God said to Hagar from heaven, Hagar, why are you weeping? have no fear, for the child's cry has come to the ears of God.
18Come, take your child in your arms, for I will make of him a great nation.
19Then God made her eyes open, and she saw a water-spring, and she got water in the skin and gave the boy a drink.
20And God was with the boy, and he became tall and strong, and he became a bowman, living in the waste land.
21And while he was in the waste land of Paran, his mother got him a wife from the land of Egypt.
22Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.
23Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.
