Genesis 16:15

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“And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.”

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BSBPD

“And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 16:15 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. Genesis 17:18And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
  3. 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.
  4. Genesis 17:25and his son Ishmael was thirteen;
  5. Genesis 21:9But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
  6. 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.
  7. Genesis 25:12This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 1 Chronicles 1:28The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.
  11. Galatians 4:22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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