Verse 11
Genesis 16:11
Bible in Basic English
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And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר לָ/הּ֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה הִנָּ֥/ךְ הָרָ֖ה וְ/יֹלַ֣דְתְּ בֵּ֑ן וְ/קָרָ֤את שְׁמ/וֹ֙ יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל כִּֽי שָׁמַ֥ע יְהוָ֖ה אֶל עָנְיֵֽ/ךְ
English Translation
And the angel of the Lord said to her, "Behold, you are pregnant and will bear a son, and you shall call his name Ishmael, for the Lord has heard your affliction."
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Chapter 16 Context
1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose na...
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And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may...
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3
So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian s...
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4
And he went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was with child, she no...
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And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she sa...
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6
And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cr...
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7
And an angel of the Lord came to her by a fountain of water in the waste land, by the fountain on th...
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8
And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said,...
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9
And the angel said to her, Go back, and put yourself under her authority.
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10
And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.
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11
And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you wi...
12
And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's han...
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13
And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God (Elohim) who is seen; for...
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14
So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.
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15
And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.
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16
Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.
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