Genesis 21:18

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Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.'

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  • Gen 21:13 : 13 'I will also make the son of the slave woman into a nation because he is your offspring.'
  • Gen 16:10 : 10 The angel of the LORD also said, "I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they cannot be counted because of their great numbers."
  • Gen 17:20 : 20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bless him; I will make him fruitful and greatly multiply his descendants. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
  • Gen 25:12-18 : 12 This is the account of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham. 13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14 Mishma, Dumah, and Massa, 15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their villages and encampments: twelve princes, according to their tribes. 17 These are the years of Ishmael's life: one hundred thirty-seven years. He breathed his last, died, and was gathered to his people. 18 Ishmael's descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt as you go toward Assyria. He lived in hostility toward all his brothers.
  • 1 Chr 1:29-31 : 29 These were their descendants: The firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema. 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.

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  • Gen 21:12-17
    6 verses
    82%

    12But God said to Abraham, 'Do not be distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.'

    13'I will also make the son of the slave woman into a nation because he is your offspring.'

    14Early in the morning, Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulder, along with the boy, and sent her away. She departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

    15When the water in the skin was gone, she placed the boy under one of the bushes.

    16Then she went and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said to herself, 'I cannot watch the boy die.' And as she sat there, she began to weep loudly.

    17God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, 'What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid. God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.

  • Gen 21:19-20
    2 verses
    77%

    19Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

    20God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

  • Gen 17:18-21
    4 verses
    76%

    18And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under Your blessing!"

    19Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

    20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bless him; I will make him fruitful and greatly multiply his descendants. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

    21But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.

  • Gen 16:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10The angel of the LORD also said, "I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they cannot be counted because of their great numbers."

    11The angel of the LORD said to her, "You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You shall name him Ishmael, because the LORD has heard of your misery."

  • Gen 18:18
    75%

    18Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all nations of the earth will be blessed.

  • Gen 28:13
    73%

    13And there was the Lord standing above it, and He said, 'I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are lying, I will give to you and to your descendants.'

  • Gen 12:2
    73%

    2And I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

  • Gen 13:17
    72%

    17Arise, walk through the land, its length and its breadth, for I will give it to you.

  • Gen 22:12
    71%

    12The angel said, 'Do not lay a hand on the boy. Do not harm him in any way, for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.'

  • Gen 17:6
    71%

    6I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.

  • Heb 11:18
    71%

    18even though it was said to him, 'Through Isaac your descendants will be named.'

  • Gen 22:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17I will surely bless you and will greatly multiply your offspring like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore, and your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.

    18And through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.'

  • Gen 46:3
    71%

    3God said, 'I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.'

  • Gen 25:12
    71%

    12This is the account of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.

  • Gen 35:11
    71%

    11God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation, indeed a community of nations, will come from you, and kings will come from your own body."

  • Gen 28:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3May God Almighty bless you, make you fruitful, and multiply you, so that you become a community of peoples.

    4May he give to you and your descendants with you the blessing of Abraham, that you may take possession of the land where you now live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.

  • Gen 16:15
    71%

    15Hagar bore a son to Abram, and Abram named the son whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

  • Josh 24:3
    70%

    3But I took your ancestor Abraham from beyond the Euphrates River, led him throughout the land of Canaan, and gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac.

  • Gen 26:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your descendants and will fulfill the oath I swore to Abraham your father.

    4I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and give them all these lands, and through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

  • Gen 15:5
    70%

    5He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then He added, "So will your descendants be."

  • Gen 17:2
    70%

    2I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will greatly multiply you.

  • Gen 22:10
    70%

    10Then Abraham reached out his hand, took the knife, and prepared to slaughter his son.

  • Gen 17:4
    70%

    4"As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

  • Gen 21:10
    70%

    10And she said to Abraham, 'Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.'

  • Gen 22:2
    69%

    2Then God said, 'Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.'

  • Gen 48:4
    69%

    4He said to me, 'I am about to make you fruitful and multiply you. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land to your descendants after you as a permanent possession.'

  • Heb 6:14
    69%

    14saying, 'Surely I will bless you abundantly and multiply your descendants greatly.'