17God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, "What ails you, Hagar? Don`t be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.
18Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation."
19God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.
20God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
21He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
22It happened at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do.
23Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son`s son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have sojourned."
