Kejadian 16:11

16:11 Then the Lord’s angel said to her,

“You are now ¹  pregnant

and are about to give birth ²  to a son.

You are to name him Ishmael, ³ 

for the Lord has heard your painful groans. ⁴ 

Kejadian 17:19

17:19 God said, “No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. ⁵  I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual ⁶  covenant for his descendants after him.

Yosua 24:3

24:3 but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates ⁷  and brought him into ⁸  the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac,

¹ tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) focuses on her immediate situation: “Here you are pregnant.”

² tn The active participle refers here to something that is about to happen.

³ sn The name Ishmael consists of the imperfect or jussive form of the Hebrew verb with the theophoric element added as the subject. It means “God hears” or “may God hear.”

⁴ tn Heb “affliction,” which must refer here to Hagar’s painful groans of anguish.

sn This clause gives the explanation of the name Ishmael, using a wordplay. Ishmael’s name will be a reminder that “God hears” Hagar’s painful cries.

⁵ tn Heb “will call his name Isaac.” The name means “he laughs,” or perhaps “may he laugh” (see the note on the word “laughed” in v. 17).

⁶ tn Or “as an eternal.”

⁷ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Or “through.”