Genesis 17:20

And as for Ishmael, I've heard you. I'll bless him, and he'll have many descendants. I will multiply him greatly, he'll father twelve tribal leaders, and I'll cause his descendants to become a great nation.

Genesis 21:18

Get up! Pick up the youth and grab his hand, because I will make a great nation of his descendants."

Genesis 21:13

Nevertheless, I will make the slave girl's son into a nation, since he, too, is your offspring."

Genesis 16:10-12

The angel of the LORD also told her, "I will greatly multiply your offspring, who will be too many to count.

Genesis 25:12-18

Now this is what happened to Ishmael, whom Sarah's Egyptian servant Hagar bore for 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

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Bible References

I have blessed

The angel of the LORD also told her, "I will greatly multiply your offspring, who will be too many to count.

Twelve

Now this is what happened to Ishmael, whom Sarah's Egyptian servant Hagar bore for Abraham.

And i

Nevertheless, I will make the slave girl's son into a nation, since he, too, is your offspring."

General references

God blessed the humans by saying to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it! Be masters over the fish in the ocean, the birds that fly, and every living thing that crawls on the earth!"

I'll make your descendants as plentiful as the specks of dust of the earth, so that if one could count the specks of dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.

Nevertheless, I will make the slave girl's son into a nation, since he, too, is your offspring."

Now this is what happened to Ishmael, whom Sarah's Egyptian servant Hagar bore for Abraham.