Genesis 16:15
And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
In Context
14Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.
16Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.
Cross References
Genesis 17:18And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
Genesis 17:25and his son Ishmael was thirteen;
Genesis 25:9His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
Genesis 28:9Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.
1 Chronicles 1:28The sons of Abraham were 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 →