Genesis 16:7
“It is well too that Hagar was found "by a spring of water," for beginners find themselves engaged in purifications, which are signified by water. By contrast, those who are more fully matured come into a desert place, no longer needing purifications, having already rid themselves of vices and having been endowed with…”
Source: Septuagint
7And an angel of the Lord found her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
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5And Sarai said to Abram, I am injured by thee; I gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and when I saw that she was with child, I was dishonored before her. The Lord judge between me and thee.
6And Abram said to Sarai, Behold thy handmaid is in thy hands, use her as it may seem good to thee. And Sarai afflicted her, and she fled from her face.
— Genesis 16:7 —
8And the angel of the Lord said to her, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence comest thou, and whither goest thou? and she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9And the angel of the Lord said to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.