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Selected Verse: Genesis 16:11 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ge 16:11 |
Strong Concordance |
And the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto her, Behold [02009], thou art with child [02030], and shalt bear [03205] a son [01121], and shalt call [07121] his name [08034] Ishmael [03458]; because the LORD [03068] hath heard [08085] thy affliction [06040]. |
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King James |
And 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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Ishmael--Like other Hebrew names, this had a signification, and it is made up of two words--"God hears." The reason is explained. |
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
angel
(See Scofield) - (Heb 1:4).
Ishmael
That is, God shall hear. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Ishmael, that is, God will hear; and the reason is, because the Lord hath heard: he hath, and therefore he will. The experience we have had of God's seasonable kindness in distress should encourage us to hope for the like help in the like exigencies. Even there, where there is little cry of devotion, the God of pity hears the cry of affliction: tears speak as well as prayers. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
And shalt call his name Ishmael - ישמאעל Yishmael, from שמע shama, he heard, and אל El, God; for, says the Angel, The Lord Hath Heard thy affliction. Thus the name of the child must ever keep the mother in remembrance of God's merciful interposition in her behalf, and remind the child and the man that he was an object of God's gracious and providential goodness. Afflictions and distresses have a voice in the ears of God, even when prayer is restrained; but how much more powerfully do they speak when endured in meekness of spirit, with confidence in and supplication to the Lord! |
4 Being made [1096] so much [5118] better than [2909] the angels [32], as [3745] he hath by inheritance obtained [2816] a more excellent [1313] name [3686] than [3844] they [846].