Genesis 16:15

And Hagar gave birth to a son for Abram, who called his name Ishmael.

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In The King James Version

And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

In Context

14Because of this, she called that well: ‘The well of the one who lives and who sees me.’ The same is between Kadesh and Bered.

16Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael for him.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:18And he said to God, “If only Ishmael would live in your sight.”

Genesis 17:25And his son Ishmael had completed thirteen years at the time of his circumcision.

Genesis 25:9And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the double cave, which was situated in the field of Ephron, of the son of Zohar the Hittite, across from the region of Mamre,

Genesis 28:9he went to Ishmael, and he took as a wife, beside those he had before, Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth.

1 Chronicles 1:28And the 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 →

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