Gen 16:11, Num 20:16, Deu 26:6-7, Psa 12:5 | ESV | STEP | And the angel of the Lord said to her, Behold , you are pregnant and shall bear a son . You shall call his name Ishmael , because the Lord has listened to your affliction .

Genesis 16:11

11 And the angel of the Lord said to her,

“Behold, you are pregnant
and shall bear a son.
You shall call his name Ishmael, ^{▼▼ Ishmael means God hears}
^bbecause the Lord has listened to your affliction.

Numbers 20:16

16 And ^cwhen we cried to the Lord, he heard our voice and ^dsent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. And here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.

Deuteronomy 26:6-7

6 And ^ethe Egyptians treated us harshly and humiliated us and laid on us hard labor. 7 Then ^fwe cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.

Psalms 12:5

5 “Because ^gthe poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
^hI will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the ⁱsafety for which he longs.”