Holy Scripture
Genesis 16:11
A church father on this verse
“At that time, giving birth to children was regarded as a matter of great importance in view of the multiplication of human beings, as we have explained—this, moreover, at a time when virginity and the teaching on virtue did not yet have much credibility. This is why even prayers were said for conception and they count…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
11And the angel of the Lord said to her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael, for the Lord hath hearkened to thy humiliation.
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In context
9And the angel of the Lord said to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
10And the angel of the Lord said to her, I will surely multiply thy seed, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.
— Genesis 16:11 —
12He shall be a wild man, his hands against all, and the hands of all against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
13And she called the name of the Lord God who spoke to her, Thou art God who seest me; for she said, For I have openly seen him that appeared to me.