OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 16:11

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The 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.

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Verse 11. Ismael, means “God hath heard” the groans and distress of Agar. Calmet.

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