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JPSAnd the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
ASVAnd the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
DRAAnd the angel of the Lord having found her, by a fountain of water in the wilderness, which is in the way to Sur in the desert,
YLTAnd a messenger of Jehovah findeth her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way [to] Shur,
DrbyAnd the Angel of Jehovah found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.
RVAnd the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
WbstrAnd the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
KJB-1769¶ And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
KJB-1611¶ And the Angel of the LORD found her by a fountaine of water, in the wildernesse, by the fountaine, in the way to Shur: (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)
BshpsAnd the angel of the Lord founde her beside a fountaine in ye wildernes, euen by the well that is in the way to Sur, (And the angel of the Lord found her beside a fountain in ye/you_all wildernes, even by the well that is in the way to Sur,)
GnvaBut the Angel of the Lord founde her beside a fountaine of water in the wildernesse by the fountaine in the way to Shur, (But the Angel of the Lord found her beside a fountain of water in the wilderness by the fountain in the way to Shur, )
CvdlBut the angell of the LORDE founde her besyde a well of water in the wildernesse (euen by the well in the waye to Sur) (But the angell of the LORD found her beside a well of water in the wilderness (even by the well in the way to Sur))
WyclAnd whanne the aungel of the Lord hadde founde hir bisidis a welle of watir in wildernesse, which welle is in the weie of Sur in deseert, (And when the angel of the Lord had found her besides a welle of water in wilderness, which welle is in the way of Sur in deseert,)
LuthAber der Engel des HErr’s fand sie bei einem Wasserbrunnen in der Wüste, nämlich bei dem Brunnen am Wege zu Sur. (But the/of_the angel the LORD’s found they/she/them at one waterbrunnen in the/of_the desert, namely at to_him Brunnen in/at/on_the ways to Sur.)
ClVgCumque invenisset eam angelus Domini juxta fontem aquæ in solitudine, qui est in via Sur in deserto, (Cumque invenisset her angelus Master next_to fontem awhich in solitudine, who it_is in road Sur in deserto, )
Make sure that the way you translate found does not sound like the angel had come across Hagar accidentally. Rather, he knew where she was and had gone to her intentionally. Also, this messenger from Yahweh was an angel, not a human being. Alternate translation: “But an messenger sent from Yahweh found Hagar”
עַל עֵ֥ין הַמַּ֖יִם
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in spring the=waters
Alternate translation: “beside a spring of water” or “beside a spring”
The Lord had promised repeatedly to raise up a great nation from Abram’s descendants (Genesis 12:2; 13:16; 15:5), but several years passed from the time this promise was given until Abram’s wife Sarai bore a child. During this time, Sarai sought to acquire a child for Abram through Hagar, her Egyptian servant-girl–a common practice at this time. When Hagar conceived, she began to regard Sarai with contempt, and Sarai responded by treating her harshly. Eventually Hagar ran away, heading south from Hebron (see Genesis 13:18) and following the way to Shur toward the wilderness and Kadesh-barnea. Along the way the angel of the Lord found her by a spring (also called a well in verse 14). He told her to return to her mistress Sarai, but he also promised that Hagar would bear a son, Ishmael, and that his descendants would become a great nation. In response, Hagar named the well Beer-lahai-roi, meaning “the well of the Living One who sees me.” She then returned to Sarai at Hebron and gave birth to Ishmael. The well at Beer-lahai-roi may also be the place where Hagar later found water to give to Ishmael after they were sent away from Abraham and Sarah (Genesis 21). Isaac also moved to Beer-lai-roi for a time after his father Abraham died (Genesis 25:11). Some scholars locate Beer-lahai-roi at a well called Ain Muweileh, about 6 miles (9.5 km) northwest of Kadesh-barnea, based on speculation that the modern name is a corruption of an Arabic phrase meaning “water of the living one seeing.” But the Bible makes it clear that Beer-lai-roi “lies between Kadesh and Bered,” and Bered was likely located at what was later called Elusa (based on the Jerusalem Targum and possibly Jerome), as shown on this map. Given this location for Bered, this author has identified the most likely location for Beer-lahai-roi to be Bi’ren–the only well located along the way to Shur between Bered and Kadesh-barnea.
