The Meaning of Genesis 16:16 Explained

Genesis 16:16

KJV: And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

YLT: and Abram is a son of eighty and six years in Hagar's bearing Ishmael to Abram.

Darby: And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

ASV: And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Genesis 16:16?

MEANING: What does Genesis 16:16 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Genesis 16:16 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Genesis 16:16?

What is the context of Genesis 16:16?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Abram [was] fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

What does Genesis 16:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 16:1-16 - Abram's Son Ishmael

Poor Hagar! What contrasts met in her life! Bought in an Egyptian slave-mart, but destined to be the mother of a great people! She is not the last to suffer from the mistakes and sins of God's children, but she was abundantly recompensed. Abram did her a great wrong. Human policy will often suggest a course which seems right in our own eyes, but the end is death. How remarkable is the advice given to Hagar by the angel: return and submit! Does not the child of God often seek to evade the cross! "Let me but get away from this intolerable trouble," we cry. But God meets us. "No stranger He to all our wanderings wild!" We have to take up the cross, and sit down again on the hard stool. Some day we shall be permitted to go out, but not till we have learned our lesson perfectly. In the meanwhile, we are assured that our life shall be prolific in great results. In an outburst of awe and joy, the slave-girl learned that God sees and hears. Note 2 Chronicles 16:9; 1 Peter 3:12.

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Chapter Summary: Genesis 16

¹ Sarai, being barren, gives Hagar to Abram
⁴ Hagar, being afflicted for despising her mistress, runs away
⁷ An angel commands her to return and submit herself,
¹⁰ promises her a numerous posterity,
¹² and shows their character and condition
¹³ Hagar names the place, and returns to Sarai
¹⁵ Ishmael is born
¹⁶ The age of Abram

What do the individual words in Genesis 16:16 mean?

And Abram [was] old eighty years and six years when bore Hagar - Ishmael to Abram -

וְאַבְרָ֕ם בֶּן־ שְׁמֹנִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְשֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים בְּלֶֽדֶת־ הָגָ֥ר אֶת־ יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל לְאַבְרָֽם ס

וְאַבְרָ֕ם	And Abram
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אַבְרָם Sense: original name of Abraham.
בֶּן־	[was] old
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שְׁמֹנִ֥ים	eighty
Parse: Number, common plural Root: שְׁמֹנִים Sense: eighty, fourscore.
שָׁנָ֖ה	years
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: שָׁנָה Sense: year.
וְשֵׁ֣שׁ	and six
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular Root: שֵׁשׁ Sense: six.
שָׁנִ֑ים	years
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: שָׁנָה Sense: year.
בְּלֶֽדֶת־	when bore
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: יָלַד Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
הָגָ֥ר	Hagar
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: הָגָר Sense: Sarah’s Egyptian slave girl, Abraham’s concubine, Ishmael’s mother.
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל	Ishmael
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׁמָעֵאל Sense: son of Abraham and Sarah’s handmaid Hagar and the progenitor of the Arabian peoples.
לְאַבְרָֽם	to Abram
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אַבְרָם Sense: original name of Abraham.
ס	-
Parse: Punctuation

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