Genesis 16:15
And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
In Context
14So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.
16Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.
Cross References
Genesis 17:18And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!
Genesis 17:25And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he underwent circumcision.
Genesis 25:9And Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, put him to rest in the hollow rock of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, near Mamre;
Genesis 28:9So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had.
1 Chronicles 1:28The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 16:11-15
The Promise Concerning Ishmael. ( b. c. 1911.) 10 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 11 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction. 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 13 And she called… Read the whole commentary →