Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.
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- KJV Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
- BSB This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
- ESV These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.
- NKJV Now this is the genealogy of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
- NASB Now these are the records of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave woman, bore to Abraham;
- NLT This is the account of the family of Ishmael, the son of Abraham through Hagar, Sarah’s Egyptian servant.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Ps 83:6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
- Gen 21:13I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.”
- Gen 17:20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
- Gen 16:10–15Yahweh’s angel said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, that they will not be counted for multitude.”
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