Genesis 16:7

And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

Cross-references

Genesis 16:13 is the climax of this scene: Hagar names God 'El Roi' (the God who sees me) because the angel who found her saw her in distress.

Genesis 21:14 sends Hagar into the desert again with Ishmael — echoing her earlier wilderness flight, but this time her son is with her.

Genesis 22:11 shows the same angel of the LORD intervening to stop Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac — a parallel divine rescue at a crisis point.

Genesis 31:11 shows the angel of God appearing to Jacob in a dream — continuing the pattern of this divine messenger guiding God's people.

Genesis 48:16 invokes 'the Angel who has redeemed me' — Jacob referencing the same protective divine messenger who appeared throughout Genesis.

Genesis 25:18 Historical context

Genesis 25:18 shows Ishmael's descendants settled near Shur — the same wilderness region where his mother Hagar was found by God's angel.

Genesis 20:1 Historical context

Genesis 20:1 places Abraham near Shur — the same region where the angel found Hagar earlier, linking both events geographically.

Exodus 3:2 Parallel

Exodus 3:2 shows the angel of the LORD appearing to Moses in the burning bush — the same divine messenger now commissioning Israel's deliverer.

Judges 2:1 Parallel

Judges 2:1 has the angel of the LORD speaking to Israel at Gilgal — the same divine messenger continuing to appear and speak to God's people.

Exodus 15:22 Historical context

Exodus 15:22 brings Israel to the same wilderness of Shur — but where Hagar found a spring, Israel found no water, setting up God's testing and provision.

Judges 13:3 Parallel

Judges 13:3 shows the angel of the LORD also appearing to a woman in a vulnerable, barren state — another divine encounter initiated by God at a point of human need.

Acts 7:30 Allusion

Acts 7:30 describes the angel of the LORD appearing in a flame at Sinai — another dramatic theophany of the same divine messenger, showing God's ongoing appearances.

Proverbs 15:3 Related theme

Proverbs 15:3 affirms what happens here — God's eyes reach everywhere, even the wilderness where He finds the fleeing Hagar by the spring.