OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 21:17

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God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Don’t be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

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Verse 17. Of the boy, who was 17 years old, and wept at the approach of death.—Fear not. Yare are under the protection of God, who will not abandon you, when all human succour fails; nor will he negelct his promises. G. 16. Bible.

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