Vertaling Bijbel, Kanttekeningen SV, [], En God hoorde de stem [25]van den jongen; en de Engel Gods riep Hagar toe uit den hemel, en zeide tot haar: Wat is u, Hagar? Vrees niet; want God heeft naar des jongens stem gehoord, [26]ter plaatse, waar hij is. 25. Die ontwijfelbaar niet minder dan de moeder, in dezen droevigen staat zijnde, geschreid heeft. 26. Hebr. in hetwelk, of in hetgeen waar hij is.
Keil & Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament, [], Gen_21:17-19 Then God heard the voice (the weeping and crying) of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, "What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not, for God hath heard the voice of the boy, where he is" (באשר for אשׁר בּמקום, 2Sa_15:21), i.e., in his helpless condition: "arise, lift up the lad," etc. It was Elohim, not Jehovah, who heard the voice of the boy, and appeared as the angel of Elohim, not of Jehovah (as in Gen_16:7), because, when Ishmael and Hagar had been dismissed from Abraham's house, they were removed from the superintendence and care of the covenant God to the guidance and providence of God the ruler of all nations. God then opened her eyes, and she saw what she had not seen before, a well of water, from which she filled the bottle and gave her son to drink.