[The Urban Sombrero]

I see why you don't do a lot of referencing when posting. The verse above was directed to Abraham. Not Hagar and not Ishmael. Again, what was the promise?

I figured you would read on a bit. Out of water for herself and the child, Hagar places him under a shrub, goes a short distance away, and weeps and cries out, "Let me not see the death of the boy." The "angel of the Lord" appears and tells her to pick up the child, telling her that God has heard the cries of the child. In verse 18, "I will make him a great nation." Thus, the same promise regarding the lad that God spoke to Abraham.

Try to not read your own posts so closely and merely skim anyone else's. It's unseemly.