Genesis 17:20
And [as for] Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I will bless him and I will make him fruitful, and I will multiply him {exceedingly}. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 21:18
Get up, take up the boy and take him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation."
Genesis 21:13
And I will also make the son of the slave woman into a nation, for he is your offspring."
Genesis 16:10-12
And the angel of Yahweh said to her, "{I will greatly multiply} your offspring, so that they cannot be counted for [their] abundance."
Genesis 25:12-18
Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, that Hagar the Egyptian, the maidservant of Sarah, bore to Abraham.