Bible Verses About Afflictions and Adversities

But the Angel of the Lord founde her beside a fountaine of water in the wildernesse by the fountaine in the way to Shur,

And he saide, Hagar Sarais maide, whence commest thou? and whither wilt thou goe? And she said, I flie from my dame Sarai.

Then the Angel of the Lord saide to her, Returne to thy dame, and humble thy selfe vnder her hands.

Againe the Angel of the Lord saide vnto her, I will so greatly increase thy seede, that it shall not be numbred for multitude.

Also the Angel of the Lord said vnto her, See, thou art with childe, and shalt beare a sonne, and shalt call his name Ishmael: for the Lord hath heard thy tribulation.

And he shalbe a wilde man: his hande shall be against euery man, and euery mans hand against him. and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

Then she called the name of the Lord, that spake vnto her, Thou God lookest on me: for she said, Haue I not also here looked after him that seeth me?

But God said vnto Abraham, Let it not be grieuous in thy sight for the childe, and for thy bonde woman: in all that Sarah shall say vnto thee, heare her voyce: for in Izhak shall thy seede be called.

As for the sonne of the bond woman, I will make him a nation also, because he is thy seede.

So Abraham arose vp early in ye morning, and tooke bread, and a bottell of water, and gaue it vnto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the childe also, and sent her away: who departing wandred in the wildernesse of Beer-sheba.

And when the water of the bottell was spent, she cast the childe vnder a certaine tree.

Then she went and sate her ouer against him a farre off about a bowe shoote: for she said, I will not see the death of the child. and she sate downe ouer against him, and lift vp her voyce and wept.

Then God heard the voyce of ye childe, and the Angel of God called to Hagar from heauen, and said vnto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? feare not, for God hath heard the voyce of the childe where he is.

Arise, take vp the childe, and holde him in thine hand: for I will make of him a great people.

And God opened her eyes, and she sawe a well of water. so she went and filled the bottell with water, and gaue the boy drinke.

So God was with the childe, and he grewe and dwelt in the wildernesse, and was an archer.

And he dwelt in the wildernesse of Paran, and his mother tooke him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

Therefore Izhak departed thence and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

And Izhak returning, digged the welles of water, which they had digged in the dayes of Abraham his father: for the Philistims had stopped them after the death of Abraham, and hee gaue them the same names, which his father gaue them.

Izhaks seruantes then digged in the valley, and found there a well of liuing water.

But the herdmen of Gerar did striue with Izhaks herdmen, saying, The water is ours: therefore called he the name of the well Esek, because they were at strife with him.

Afterwarde they digged another well, and stroue for that also, and he called the name of it Sitnah.

Then he remoued thence, and digged an other well, for the which they stroue not: therefore called hee the name of it Rehoboth, and sayde, Because the Lord hath nowe made vs roome, we shall increase vpon the earth.

So he went vp thence to Beer-sheba.

And the Lord appeared vnto him the same night, and sayde, I am the God of Abraham thy father: feare not, for I am with thee, and wil blesse thee, and will multiplie thy seede for my seruant Abrahams sake.