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Genesis 16:11

WEB

11The LORD’s angel said to her, “Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your affliction.

KJV

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.

BSB

11The angel of the LORD proceeded: Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael,[+] for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.

FBV

11The angel of the Lord went on to tell her: “Listen! You're pregnant, and you will have a son. You are to name him Ishmael,[+] for the Lord has heard how you've suffered.

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Extra References

Exodus 2:23-24

23In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. 24God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.


Exodus 3:7

7The LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.


Isaiah 7:14

14Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.


Genesis 17:19

19God said, “No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac.[+] I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.


Genesis 41:51-52

51Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh,[+] For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.” 52The name of the second, he called Ephraim:[+] For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”


1 Samuel 1:20

20When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel,[+] Because I have asked him of the LORD.”


Exodus 3:9

9Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.


Job 38:41

41Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?


Matthew 1:21-23

21She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus,[+] for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”

22Now all this has happened that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, 23Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel,” which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”


Luke 1:63

63He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled.