Genesis 16:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the angel of the LORD said to her, Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your affliction.

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  • Exod 3:7 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows;
  • Exod 2:23-24 : 23 Now it happened, in the process of time, that the king of Egypt died. The children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
  • Gen 17:19 : 19 And God said, Sarah your wife shall indeed bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.
  • Gen 29:32-35 : 32 And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Surely the LORD has looked upon my affliction; now my husband will love me. 33 And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Because the LORD has heard that I was unloved, He has therefore given me this son also; and she called his name Simeon. 34 And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons; therefore his name was called Levi. 35 And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Now I will praise the LORD; therefore she called his name Judah; and she stopped bearing.
  • Gen 41:51-52 : 51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, For God, he said, has made me forget all my toil and all my father's house. 52 He called the name of the second Ephraim, For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
  • Exod 3:9 : 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
  • 1 Sam 1:20 : 20 So it came to pass, when the time had come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
  • Ps 22:24 : 24 For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; nor has He hidden His face from him; but when he cried to Him, He heard.
  • Isa 7:14 : 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
  • Matt 1:21-23 : 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
  • Luke 1:13 : 13 But the angel said to him, Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
  • Luke 1:31 : 31 Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a son, and shall call His name JESUS.
  • Luke 1:63 : 63 He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, saying, His name is John. So they all marveled.
  • Job 38:41 : 41 Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God, and wander about for lack of food?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 16:4-10
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    84%

    4And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

    5And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be upon you; I have given my maid into your arms, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. The LORD judge between me and you.

    6But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your maid is in your hand; do to her as it pleases you. And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence.

    7And the angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

    8And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from, and where will you go? And she said, I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.

    9And the angel of the LORD said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.

    10And the angel of the LORD said to her, I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.

  • Gen 16:12-16
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    12And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

    13And she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, You are the God who sees; for she said, Have I also here seen him who sees me?

    14Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

    15And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called his son's name, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

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

  • Gen 17:18-21
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    78%

    18And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before you!

    19And God said, Sarah your wife shall indeed bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.

    20And as for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes he shall beget, and I will make him a great nation.

    21But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year.

  • Gen 21:12-18
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    12But God said to Abraham, Do not let it be grievous in your sight because of the lad and because of your bondwoman. In all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac shall your seed be called.

    13And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is your seed.

    14And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away. So she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

    15And the water was used up in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

    16And she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about a bowshot away; for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. So she sat opposite him and lifted up her voice, and wept.

    17And God heard the voice of the lad, and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven and said to her, What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not; for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.

    18Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation.

  • Gen 25:12
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    12Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham:

  • Judg 13:3
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    3And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, you are barren and have no children: but you shall conceive and bear a son.

  • Gen 16:1-2
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    1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had a maidservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

    2And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. I pray you, go in to my maid; it may be that I will obtain children by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

  • 1 Chr 1:28
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    28The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

  • Gen 21:10
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    10Therefore she said to Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son, for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

  • Gen 17:25-26
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    25And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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

  • Heb 11:18
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    18of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

  • Gen 25:16
    70%

    16These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

  • Gen 17:16
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    16And I will bless her and give you a son also by her; yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall come from her.

  • Gen 22:16
    69%

    16And said, By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son: