Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
And shalt call his name Ishmael - Yishmael , from shama , he heard, and El , God; for, says the Angel, The Lord Hath Heard thy affliction. Thus the name of the child must ever keep the mother in remembrance of God' s merciful interposition in her behalf, and remind the child and the man that he was an object of God' s gracious and providential goodness. Afflictions and distresses have a voice in the ears of God, even when prayer is restrained; but how much more powerfully do they speak when endured in meekness of spirit, with confidence in and supplication to the Lord!
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Genesis 16:11:
Genesis 16:7
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