Genesis 16:15
And Hagar bore Avram ben; and Avram called shem bno, which Hagar bore, Yishmael (Ishmael).
Orthodox Jewish 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 Be'er Lachai Roi; hinei, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
16And Avram was fourscore and six shanah when Hagar bore Yishmael to Avram.
Cross References
Genesis 17:18And Avraham said unto HaElohim, O that Yishmael might live before Thee!
Genesis 17:25And Yishmael bno was thirteen shanah, when he was circumcised in the basar of his arelah (foreskin).
Genesis 25:9And his banim Yitzchak and Yishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the sadeh of Ephron ben Tzochar the Chitti, which is near Mamre;
Genesis 28:9Then went Esav unto Yishmael, and took unto the nashim which he had Machalat bat Yishmael ben Avraham, the achot of Nevayot, to be his wife. 1 [VAYETZE]
1 Chronicles 1:28The Bnei Avraham: Yitzchak, and Yishmael.
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 →