創世記16:7-16

6:7 耶和華的使者在曠野書珥路上的水泉旁遇見她，
16:8 對她說：「撒萊的使女夏甲，你從哪裡來？要往哪裡去？」夏甲說：「我從我的主母撒萊面前逃出來。」
16:9 耶和華的使者對她說：「你回到你主母那裡，服在她手下」；
16:10 又說：「我必使你的後裔極其繁多，甚至不可勝數」；
16:11 並說：「你如今懷孕要生一個兒子，可以給他起名叫以實瑪利（就是神聽見的意思），因為耶和華聽見了你的苦情。
16:12 他為人必像野驢。他的手要攻打人，人的手也要攻打他；他必住在眾弟兄的東邊。」
16:13 夏甲就稱那對她說話的耶和華為「看顧人的上帝」。因而說：「在這裡我也看見那看顧我的嗎？」
16:14 所以這井名叫庇耳‧拉海‧萊。這井正在加低斯和巴列中間。
16:15 後來夏甲給亞伯蘭生了一個兒子；亞伯蘭給他起名叫以實瑪利。
16:16 夏甲給亞伯蘭生以實瑪利的時候，亞伯蘭年八十六歲。

⁷ The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur. ⁸ And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”
“I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.
⁹ Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” ¹⁰ The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”
¹¹ The angel of the Lord also said to her:

“You are now pregnant
    and you will give birth to a son.
You shall name him Ishmael,^[a]
    for the Lord has heard of your misery.
¹² He will be a wild donkey of a man;
    his hand will be against everyone
    and everyone’s hand against him,
and he will live in hostility
    toward^[b] all his brothers.”

¹³ She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen^[c] the One who sees me.” ¹⁴ That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi^[d]; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.

¹⁵ So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne. ¹⁶ Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.

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    夏甲雖然有滿腹的委屈，但是上帝仍然眷顧她，甚至於在她離家出走的時候，上帝主動的尋求並且安慰她說：「我必使你的後裔極其繁多，甚至不可勝數」「你如今懷孕要生一個兒子，可以給他起名叫以實瑪利（就是神聽見的意思），因為耶和華聽見了你的苦情。」

    上帝是主動俯就卑微的人，正如祂和夏甲建立關係也是出於上帝的作為。雖然夏甲為埃及人，甚至是奴隸，但是在上帝的眼中，仍然是寶貴的，祂願意安慰並且為她伸冤！所以，她稱上帝為「看顧人的上帝」！

    你有沒有像夏甲一般，在人生遇到困難的時候，被人藐視、被人看輕？快來投靠耶和華上帝，祂必看顧你，也必安慰你，讓你感受到上帝真的是「看顧人的上帝」！