Genesis 16:15
Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, 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
14Therefore the well is called Beer-lahai-roi, (it is between Kadesh and Bered)
16Abram was eighty-six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael.
Cross References
Genesis 17:18Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live with your blessing!”
Genesis 17:25Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 25:9Then Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is east of Mamre,
Genesis 28:9then Esau went to Ishmael, and in addition to the wives that he had, married Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth.
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 →