Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son,.... Or the genealogy of his posterity; and which is given to show that the Lord was not unmindful of his promise made to Abraham, concerning the multiplication of his seed, Genesis 16:10:
whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham; see
Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son,.... Or the genealogy of his posterity; and which is given to show that the Lord was not unmindful of his promise made to Abraham, concerning the multiplication of his seed, Genesis 16:10:
whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham; see
Genesis 16:1.