And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
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Gill's Exposition
And Abram was eighty years old when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. Which is easily reckoned, for he was seventy five years of age when he left Haran, Gen 12:4; and he had been ten years in Canaan when…
- The Birth of Ishmael 1. הנר hāgār, Hagar, “flight.” Hejrah, the flight of Muhammed. 7. מלאך mal'ak “messenger, angel.” A deputy commissioned to discharge a certain duty for the principal whom he…
It is here taken for granted, though not expressly recorded, that Hagar did as the angel commanded her, returning to here mistress and submitting herself; and then, in the fulness of time, she brought…
Cambridge Bible
fourscore and six years old An instance of P's careful computation of chronology. Compare the statements in Gen 16:16 and Gen 12:4 with the years given here.