Genesis 16:15
And Hagar bare to Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son whom Hagar bare Yishmael.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
In Context
16And Abram was son of eighty and six years when Hagar bare Yishmael unto Abram.
Cross References
Genesis 17:18And Abraham said before the Lord, O that Yishmael may be established before thee!
Genesis 17:25And Yishmael his son was son of thirteen years, when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised.
Genesis 25:9And Izhak and Ishmael his sons buried him in the twofold cave in the field of Ephron bar Zochar, the Hittah, which is before Mamre;
Genesis 28:9went to Ishmael, and took Mahalath, daughter of Ishmael bar Abraham, the sister of Nebaioth, over his wives, unto him to wife.
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 →