Genesis 17:20

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father 12 tribal leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 21:18

Get up, help the boy up, and support him, for I will make him a great nation.”

Genesis 21:13

But I will also make a nation of the slave’s son because he is your offspring.”

Genesis 16:10-12

The Angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count.”

Genesis 25:12-18

These are the family records of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave, bore to Abraham.

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Summary

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

I have blessed

Twelve

Bible References

I have blessed

Genesis 16:10
The Angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count.”

Twelve

Genesis 25:12
These are the family records of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave, bore to Abraham.

And i

Genesis 21:13
But I will also make a nation of the slave’s son because he is your offspring.”

General references

Genesis 1:28
God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.”
Genesis 13:16
I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
Genesis 21:13
But I will also make a nation of the slave’s son because he is your offspring.”
Genesis 25:12
These are the family records of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave, bore to Abraham.

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