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Hagar and Ishmael

Genesis 16:15

In 11 translations

BSB
And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
KJV
¶ And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
WEB
Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
ASV
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael.
LSV
And Hagar bears a son to Abram; and Abram calls the name of his son, whom Hagar has borne, Ishmael;
YLT
And Hagar beareth to Abram a son; and Abram calleth the name of his son, whom Hagar hath borne, Ishmael;
DBY
And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
DRC
And Agar brought forth a son to Abram: who called his name Ismael.
GNV
And Hagar bare Abram a sonne, and Abram called his sonnes name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
JPS
And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
LXXE
And Agar bore a son to Abram; and Abram called the name of his son which Agar bore to him, Ismael.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַתֵּ֧לֶד הָגָ֛ר לְאַבְרָ֖ם בֵּ֑ן וַיִּקְרָ֨א אַבְרָ֧ם שֶׁם־בְּנ֛וֹ אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָ֥ה הָגָ֖ר יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔτεκεν Ἄγαρ τῷ Ἅβραμ υἱὸν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἅβραμ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὃν ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ Ἄγαρ, Ἰσμαήλ.

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  • Genesis 25:12This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
  • Genesis 17:20As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
  • Genesis 17:18And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
  • Genesis 17:25–26and his son Ishmael was thirteen; Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.
  • Genesis 16:11The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.
  • Genesis 25:9His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
  • Galatians 4:22–23For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
  • 1 Chronicles 1:28The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.
  • Genesis 28:9Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.
  • Genesis 21:9–21But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son, and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance…
  • Genesis 37:27Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.

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