Tree of Life Version
Genesis 16:15
15Then Hagar gave birth to a son for Abram, and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
Genesis 16:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
- New International Version (NIV)So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
Context of Genesis 16:15
13So she called Adonai who was speaking to her, “You are the God who sees me.” For she said, “Would I have gone here indeed looking for Him who looks after me?” 14That is why the well is named, the Well of the Living One Who Sees Me. (Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.) Then Hagar gave birth to a son for Abram, and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. 16Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael for Abram.
Read all of Genesis 16Genesis 16:15 word by word
וַתֵּ֧לֶד הָגָ֛ר לְאַבְרָ֖ם בֵּ֑ן וַיִּקְרָ֨א אַבְרָ֧ם שֶׁם־בְּנ֛וֹ אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָ֥ה הָגָ֖ר יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Genesis 16:15
- Genesis 16:11Then the angel of Adonai said to her, Behold, you are pregnant and about to bear a son, and you shall name him Ishmael— for Adonai has heard your affliction.
- Genesis 25:12Now these are the genealogies of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar, Sarah’s Egyptian slave-girl, bore to Abraham.
- 1 Chronicles 1:28The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.
- Galatians 4:22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman.
- Genesis 17:18So Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live before you!”
- Genesis 21:9But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian whom she had born to Abraham—making fun.
- Genesis 25:9Then Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, next to Mamre,
- Genesis 28:9So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, Nebaioth’s sister for his wife, besides his other wives.
- Genesis 37:27Let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites. Let’s not lay our hand on him—since he’s our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers listened to him.
Commentaries on Genesis 16:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15And Hagar bare Abram a son, etc. - It appears, therefore, that Hagar returned at the command of the angel, believing the promise that God had made to her. Called his son's name - Ishmael - Finding by the account of Hagar, that God had designed that he should be so called. "Ishmael," says Ainsworth, "is the first man in the world whose name was given him of God before he was born." In the preceding chapter we have a very detailed account of the covenant…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-16Verses 1-16 - The Birth of Ishmael 1. הנר hāgār Hagar, “flight.” Hejrah, the flight of Muhammed. 7. מלאך mal'ak “messenger, angel.” A deputy commissioned to discharge a certain duty for the principal whom he represents. As the most usual task is that of bearing messages, commands, or tidings, he is commonly called a “messenger” ̓́ angelos ). The word is therefore a term of office, and does not further distinguish the office-bearer than as an intelligent…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-16Verses 7-16 Hagar was out of her place, and out of the way of her duty, and going further astray, when the Angel found her. It is a great mercy to be stopped in a sinful way, either by conscience or by providence. Whence comest thou? Consider that thou art running from duty, and the privileges thou wast blest with in Abram's tent. It is good to live in a religious family, which those ought to consider who have this advantage. Whither wilt thou go? Thou…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-15The name Beer-lahai-roi means “well of the Living One who sees me.” This name and Ishmael were a message and a rebuke for Abram and Sarai (see 16:11). God notices suffering and listens to those crying out in need. Sarai and Abram should have prayed instead of trying to fulfill the promise themselves by following a social custom (compare 25:21). Giving children to a woman who cannot have them is God's work (Psalm 113:9; compare 1 Samuel 1:1–28; Luke…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-161. Now, Sarai ... had a handmaid--a female slave--one of those obtained in Egypt.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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