Kejadian 21:17

21:17 But God heard the boy’s voice. ¹  The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, “What is the matter, ²  Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard ³  the boy’s voice right where he is crying.

Kejadian 22:16

22:16 and said, “‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ ⁴  decrees the Lord, ⁵  ‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Kejadian 24:27

24:27 saying “Praised be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his faithful love ⁶  for my master! The Lord has led me ⁷  to the house ⁸  of my master’s relatives!” ⁹ 

Kejadian 31:12

31:12 Then he said, ‘Observe ¹⁰  that all the male goats mating with ¹¹  the flock are streaked, speckled, or spotted, for I have observed all that Laban has done to you.

[21:17]  ¹ sn God heard the boy’s voice. The text has not to this point indicated that Ishmael was crying out, either in pain or in prayer. But the text here makes it clear that God heard him. Ishmael is clearly central to the story. Both the mother and the Lord are focused on the child’s imminent death.

[21:17]  ² tn Heb “What to you?”

[21:17]  ³ sn Here the verb heard picks up the main motif of the name Ishmael (“God hears”), introduced back in chap. 16.

[22:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “By myself I swear.”

[22:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “the oracle of the Lord.” The phrase refers to a formal oracle or decree from the Lord.

[24:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “his faithfulness and his commitment.”

[24:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “As for me – in the way the Lord led me.”

[24:27]  ⁸ tn Here “house” is an adverbial accusative of termination.

[24:27]  ⁹ tn Heb “brothers.”

[31:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “lift up (now) your eyes and see.”

[31:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “going up on,” that is, mounting for intercourse.