# Hagar gave birth

Hagar's return to Sarai and Abram is implict. You can make this more explicit. AT: "So Hagar went back and gave birth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# named his son, whom Hagar bore

"named his son by Hagar" or "named his and Hagar's son"

# Abram was

This introduces background information about Abram's age when these things happened. Your language may have a special way to mark background information. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])

# bore Ishmael to Abram

This means "gave birth to Abram's son, Ishmael." The focus is on Abram having a son.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/hagar]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abraham]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ishmael]]