Genesis 16:15

And Hagar beareth to Abram a son; and Abram calleth the name of his son, whom Hagar hath borne, Ishmael;

Young's Literal Translation

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 hath one called the well, 'The well of the Living One, my beholder;' lo, between Kadesh and Bered.

16and Abram [is] a son of eighty and six years in Hagar's bearing Ishmael to Abram.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:18And Abraham saith unto God, 'O that Ishmael may live before Thee;'

Genesis 17:25and Ishmael his son [is] a son of thirteen years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;

Genesis 25:9And Isaac and Ishmael his sons bury him at the cave of Machpelah, at the field of Ephron, son of Zoar the Hittite, which [is] before Mamre —

Genesis 28:9and Esau goeth unto Ishmael, and taketh Mahalath, daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, sister of Nebajoth, unto his wives, to himself, for a wife.

1 Chronicles 1:28Sons 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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