Genesis 21:18
Arise, lift up the lad. Hold him by the hand. I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 21:13
I will make the slave's son into a nation also, because he is your child.
Genesis 16:10
I will so increase your descendants that they will be too numerous to count.
Genesis 17:20
Concerning Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him. I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
Genesis 25:12-18
This is the genealogy of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maid, bore to Abraham.
1 Chronicles 1:29-31
These were their descendants: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,