17. And God heareth the voice of the youth; and the messenger of God calleth unto Hagar from the heavens, and saith to her, `What to thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the youth where he [is];
18. rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.'
19. And God openeth her eyes, and she seeth a well of water, and she goeth and filleth the bottle [with] water, and causeth the youth to drink;
20. and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer;
21. and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt.
22. And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh--Phichol also, head of his host--unto Abraham, saying, `God [is] with thee in all that thou art doing;
23. and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.'
24. And Abraham saith, `I--I do swear.'
25. And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away,