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Selected Verse: Genesis 16:11 - Strong Concordance

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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].
  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.

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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.
 
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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].