11 The angel of the Lord(A) also said to her:

“You are now pregnant
    and you will give birth to a son.(B)
You shall name him(C) Ishmael,[a](D)
    for the Lord has heard of your misery.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:11 Ishmael means God hears.

15 So Hagar(A) bore Abram a son,(B) and Abram gave the name Ishmael(C) to the son she had borne.

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16 Abram was eighty-six years old(A) when Hagar bore him Ishmael.

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The Family of Abraham

28 The sons of Abraham:

Isaac and Ishmael.

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