Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
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- Genesis 21:18 Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
- Genesis 21:13 But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”
- Genesis 25:12–14 This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham. These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa,