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15 And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son whom Hagar bore [a]Ishmael.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:15 Ishmael was the first person whom God named before his birth (Gen. 16:11). Others were: Isaac (Gen. 17:19); Josiah (I Kings 13:2); Solomon (I Chron. 22:9); Jesus (Matt. 1:21); and John the Baptist (Luke 1:13).

For Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time God had told him.

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Now Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking [Isaac].

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