Genesis 16:15

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Hagar bore a son to Abram, and Abram named the son whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

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  • Gen 25:12 : 12 This is the account of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
  • Gen 28:9 : 9 So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, as an additional wife to his existing wives.
  • Gen 37:27 : 27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him. After all, he is our brother, our own flesh." His brothers agreed.
  • 1 Chr 1:28 : 28 The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.
  • Gal 4:22-23 : 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman. 23 But the son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, while the son by the free woman was born through the promise.
  • Gen 16:11 : 11 The angel of the LORD said to her, "You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You shall name him Ishmael, because the LORD has heard of your misery."
  • Gen 17:18 : 18 And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under Your blessing!"
  • Gen 17:20 : 20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bless him; I will make him fruitful and greatly multiply his descendants. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
  • Gen 17:25-26 : 25 And his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 On that very day, Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised.
  • Gen 21:9-9 : 9 But Sarah saw the son whom Hagar, the Egyptian, had borne to Abraham laughing mockingly. 10 And she said to Abraham, 'Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.' 11 The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son. 12 But God said to Abraham, 'Do not be distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.' 13 'I will also make the son of the slave woman into a nation because he is your offspring.' 14 Early in the morning, Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulder, along with the boy, and sent her away. She departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. 15 When the water in the skin was gone, she placed the boy under one of the bushes. 16 Then she went and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said to herself, 'I cannot watch the boy die.' And as she sat there, she began to weep loudly. 17 God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, 'What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid. God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. 18 Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.' 19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink. 20 God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer. 21 While living in the wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.
  • Gen 25:9 : 9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, near the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, which is near Mamre.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 16:16
    86%

    16Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.

  • Gen 16:11-12
    2 verses
    84%

    11The angel of the LORD said to her, "You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You shall name him Ishmael, because the LORD has heard of your misery."

    12He will be a wild man; his hand will be against everyone, and everyone's hand will be against him. He will live in hostility toward all his brothers.

  • Gen 16:1-5
    5 verses
    82%

    1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not borne him any children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.

    2So Sarai said to Abram, "Look, the LORD has prevented me from having children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her." And Abram listened to Sarai's voice.

    3After Abram had lived in the land of Canaan for ten years, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her maidservant, and gave her to Abram as a wife.

    4He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When Hagar saw that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.

    5Then Sarai said to Abram, "The wrong done to me is your fault. I gave my maidservant into your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, I am despised in her eyes. May the LORD judge between you and me."

  • Gen 25:12-13
    2 verses
    81%

    12This is the account of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.

    13These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

  • 1 Chr 1:28-29
    2 verses
    79%

    28The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

    29These were their descendants: The firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

  • Gen 21:3
    78%

    3Abraham named his son, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

  • Gen 16:14
    77%

    14Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; it is located between Kadesh and Bered.

  • Gen 17:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25And his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

    26On that very day, Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised.

  • Gen 21:12-15
    4 verses
    74%

    12But God said to Abraham, 'Do not be distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.'

    13'I will also make the son of the slave woman into a nation because he is your offspring.'

    14Early in the morning, Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulder, along with the boy, and sent her away. She departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

    15When the water in the skin was gone, she placed the boy under one of the bushes.

  • Gen 17:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under Your blessing!"

    19Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

    20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bless him; I will make him fruitful and greatly multiply his descendants. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

  • Gen 25:16
    73%

    16These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their villages and encampments: twelve princes, according to their tribes.

  • Gen 21:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9But Sarah saw the son whom Hagar, the Egyptian, had borne to Abraham laughing mockingly.

    10And she said to Abraham, 'Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.'

  • Gen 15:3
    73%

    3And Abram said, "You have given me no children, so a servant in my household will be my heir."

  • Gen 21:17
    72%

    17God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, 'What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid. God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.

  • Gen 16:8
    72%

    8He said, "Hagar, Sarai's maidservant, where have you come from, and where are you going?" She answered, "I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai."

  • Gen 17:15
    72%

    15Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.

  • Gen 21:5
    72%

    5Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

  • 1 Chr 1:31
    71%

    31Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.

  • Gen 25:19
    71%

    19This is the account of the family line of Isaac, the son of Abraham: Abraham fathered Isaac.