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Hagar and Ishmael
How Hagar and Ishmael are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Hagar was a parent of Ishmael.
Fleeing Sarai, Hagar was told to name her son Ishmael, because the Lord had heard her affliction. Sent away with him later, she was shown a well and gave the boy drink.
when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram
Genesis 16:16, King James Version
shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction
Genesis 16:11, King James Version
she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink
Genesis 21:19, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 16:8-16
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 16:8-16
8And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
10And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
11And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.
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 that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
14Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
15And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
Genesis 21:19
19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
King James Version