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Genesis 16:11

וַ יֹּאמֶר לָהּ מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה הִנָּךְ הָרָה וְ יֹלַדְתְּ בֵּן וְ קָרָאת שְׁמֹו יִשְׁמָעֵאל כִּי שָׁמַע יְהוָה אֶל עָנְיֵךְ
And a messenger of Yahweh is saying to her, `Behold-you a pregnant-one, and you have borne a builder,602 and you have called-out his name El-Hears,603 for Yahweh has heard toward your misery;604
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Behold-you a pregnant-one, and you have borne a builder. Showing her the future? This phrase is found one other time of Samson, spoken by messenger of Yahweh, also in the complete tense: “Behold yourself pregnant, and you have borne a builder…” Judges 13:5 literal.