Genesis 17:20

As for Ishmael, I have heard and listened to you; behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful and will greatly multiply him [through his descendants]. He will be the father of twelve princes (chieftains, sheiks), and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 21:18

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

Genesis 21:13

And I will also make a nation of [Ishmael] the son of the maid, because he is your descendant.”

Genesis 16:10-12

Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count.”

Genesis 25:12-18

Now these are the records of the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maid, bore to Abraham;

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Genesis 17:20

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

Genesis 16:10

Twelve

Genesis 25:12

And i

Genesis 21:13

General references

Bible References

I have blessed

Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count.”

Twelve

Now these are the records of the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maid, bore to Abraham;

And i

And I will also make a nation of [Ishmael] the son of the maid, because he is your descendant.”

General references

And God blessed them [granting them certain authority] and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subjugate it [putting it under your power]; and rule over (dominate) the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and every living thing that moves upon the earth.”

I will make your descendants [as numerous] as the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the [grains of] dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.

And I will also make a nation of [Ishmael] the son of the maid, because he is your descendant.”

Now these are the records of the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maid, bore to Abraham;