Genesis 16:15
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
KJV
Peperitque Agar Abræ filium : qui vocavit nomen ejus Ismaël.
Vulgate
καὶ ἔτεκεν Ἁγὰρ τῷ Ἀβρὰμ υἱόν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἀβρὰμ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὃν ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ Ἁγάρ, Ἰσμαήλ.
LXX
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael.
ASV
וַ/תֵּ֧לֶד הָגָ֛ר לְ/אַבְרָ֖ם בֵּ֑ן וַ/יִּקְרָ֨א אַבְרָ֧ם שֶׁם בְּנ֛/וֹ אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָ֥ה הָגָ֖ר יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אַבְרָ֔ם
'brm
proper_noun · 61×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הָגָ֖ר
hgr
proper_noun · 12×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל
yshm''l
proper_noun · 48×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Gal 4:22 · paraphrase"For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman."Genesis: Abraham had two sons — Paul's allegory of Hagar and Sarah
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
The Church regards with esteem also the Moslems. They adore the one God, living and subsisting in Himself; merciful and all-powerful, the Creator of heaven and earth, who has spoken to men; they take pains to submit wholeheartedly to even His inscrutable decrees, just as Abraham, with whom the faith of Islam takes pleasure in linking itself, submitted to God.
Cross-references
- Gal 4:22 — For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
- Gal 4:24 — Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
- Gen 21:9 — And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
- Gen 25:12 — Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham: