KJV King James Version
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 16:15
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
WEB World English Bible
Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
ASV American Standard Version
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Hagar beareth to Abram a son; and Abram calleth the name of his son, whom Hagar hath borne, Ishmael;
Surrounding context — Genesis 16
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 the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, [it is] between Kadesh and Bered.
15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16 And Abram [was] fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתֵּ֧לֶדH3205 · ya.ladto begetהָגָ֛רH1904 · ha.garHagarלְאַבְרָ֖םH87 · av.ramAbramבֵּ֑ןH1121 · benson: childוַיִּקְרָ֨אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toאַבְרָ֧םH87 · av.ramAbramשֶׁם־H8034 · shemnameבְּנ֛וֹH1121 · benson: childאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichיָלְדָ֥הH3205 · ya.ladto begetהָגָ֖רH1904 · ha.garHagarיִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃H3458 · yish.ma.elIshmael
Cross-references
Genesis 25:12Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:Genesis 17:20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.Genesis 37:27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he [is] our brother [and] our flesh. And his brethren were content.Genesis 21:9-21And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.1 Chronicles 1:28The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.Genesis 16:11And 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.Genesis 25:9And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which [is] before Mamre;Genesis 17:18And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!Genesis 17:25-26And Ishmael his son [was] thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.Genesis 28:9Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.Galatians 4:22-23For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
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