Genesis 16:16

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

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Genesis 16:16 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 16:16

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, ( Genesis 12:4 ) ; and he had been ten years in Canaan when Hagar was given him by Sarai for his wife, ( Genesis 16:3 ) ; and so must be then eighty five years of age, and of course must be eighty six when Ishmael was born.

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Genesis 16:16 In-Context

14 Therefore the well was called Beer-Lahai-Roi; behold, it [is] between Kadesh and Bered.
15 And Hagar had a child for Abram, a son. And Abram called the name of his son whom Hagar bore to him, Ishmael.
16 And Abram [was] eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
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