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Genesis 16:15

“Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.”

Genesis 16:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Paul sums up the story of Abraham’s two sons, the son of the slave woman (Genesis 16:15) and the son of the free woman (21:2), and says that it is an allegory of two covenants.

The biblical author himself makes the connection, in these words:

ἅτινά ἐστιν ἀλληγορούμενα “these things are an allegory” (Galatians 4:24)

Genesis 16:15, word by word

Hagarהָגָרhagar

Hagar

Hagar, the Egyptian slave of Sarai, mother of Ishmael.

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boreתֵּלֶדteled

bear

To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.

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Abramאַבְרָםavram

Abram

Abram, the name of Abraham before God changed it (Genesis 17:5). It means "exalted father".

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a sonבֵּןben

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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calledיִּקְרָאyikra

name

To give someone a name.

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the nameשֶׁםshem

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

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Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵאלyishmael

Ishmael

Ishmael, the son of Abram and Hagar, father of twelve tribal chiefs; also the name of other Israelites. The name means "God hears" (Genesis 16:11).

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The context

14That is why the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; look, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 · This verse (above)

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

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To study Genesis 16 in a group

  1. 1. What it says

    What did the angel of YHWH say to Hagar by the spring in the wilderness (vv. 7-12)?

  2. 2. What it means

    What does it teach that Hagar called YHWH “El Roi,” the one who sees me (v. 13)?

  3. 3. How I live it

    How can you walk with someone today who feels unseen or mistreated?

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