“After this, when already he had been abandoned as dead and had wept, the angel of the Lord is present with him "and opened Hagar's eyes, and she saw a well of living water."How can these words be related to history? For when do we find that Hagar has closed eyes and they are later opened? Is not the spiritual and myst…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON GENESIS 7.6
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19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
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17And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
— Genesis 21:19 —
20And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.