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 37:30

37:30 returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy isn’t there! And I, where can I go?”

Kejadian 37:33

37:33 He recognized it and exclaimed, “It is my son’s tunic! A wild animal has eaten him! ⁵  Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

Kejadian 50:16

50:16 So they sent word ⁶  to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave these instructions before he died:

[16:11]  ¹ tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) focuses on her immediate situation: “Here you are pregnant.”

[16:11]  ² tn The active participle refers here to something that is about to happen.

[16:11]  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.”

[16:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “affliction,” which must refer here to Hagar’s painful groans of anguish.

[16:11]  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.

[37:33]  ⁵ sn A wild animal has eaten him. Jacob draws this conclusion on his own without his sons actually having to lie with their words (see v. 20). Dipping the tunic in the goat’s blood was the only deception needed.

[50:16]  ⁶ tn The verb means “command,” but they would hardly be commanding him. It probably means they sent their father’s instructions to Joseph.