Genesis 17:20
And as concernynge Ismael also, I haue herde thy request: Beholde, I haue blessed him, and will increase him, and multiplye him exceadingly. Twolue prynces shal he beget, and I wyll make a greate nacion of him.
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- Gen 21:18 : 18 Aryse and take the childe, and holde him by the hande, for I wyll make a greate people of him.
- Gen 21:13 : 13 As for the honde maydens sonne, I wyll make a people of him also, because he is of thy sede.
- Gen 16:10-12 : 10 And the angel of the LORDE sayde vnto her: Beholde, I wil so encreace yi sede, that it shall not be nombred for multitude. 11 And the angel of the LORDE sayde further vnto her: Beholde, thou art with childe, & shalt bringe forth a sonne, and shalt call his name Ismael, because the LORDE hath herde yi trouble. 12 He shal be a wylde man. His hande agaynst euery man, and euery mans hande agaynst him: and he shal dwel ouer agaynst all his brethren.
- Gen 25:12-18 : 12 This is the generacion of Ismael Abrahams sonne, whom Agar Saras mayde the Egipcian bare vnto him. 13 And these are the names of Ismaels children, of whom their kynredes are named. The eldest sonne of Ismael, Nebaioth, Cedar, Abdeel, Mibsan, 14 Misma, Duma, Masa, 15 Hadar, Thema, Iethur, Naphis and Kedma. 16 These are the childre of Ismael with their names in their courtes and cities twolue londeprynces. 17 And this is the age of Ismael, euen an hundreth and seuen and thirtie yeare, and he fell sicke and dyed, and was gathered vnto his people. 18 He dwelt from Heuila vnto Sur towarde Egipte, as men go to the Assirians And he dyed in the presence of all his brethren.
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- Gen 17:18-192 verses82%
18 And Abraha sayde vnto God: O that Israel might lyue in thy sight.
19 Then sayde God: Yee euen Sara thy wyfe shall beare the a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Isaac: for with him wil I make my euerlastinge couenaunt, and with his sede after him.
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21 But my couenaunt wyll I make wt Isaac, whom Sara shal beare vnto the, eue this tyme twolue moneth.
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16 for I will blesse her, and geue the a sonne of her. I wil blesse her, and people shall come of her, yee and kynges of many people.
- Gen 21:12-132 verses80%
12 Neuertheles God sayde vnto him: let it not displease the because of the childe and the hand mayde: What so euer Sara hath sayde vnto the, folowe it, for in Isaac shall the sede be called vnto the.
13 As for the honde maydens sonne, I wyll make a people of him also, because he is of thy sede.
- Gen 17:4-74 verses79%
4 Beholde, It is I, and haue my couenaut with the, and thou shalt be a father of many people.
5 Therfore shalt thou nomore be called Abram, but thy name shal be Abraham: For I haue made the a father of many nacions,
6 & I wil multiplye the exceadingly, and wil make people of ye, yee and kynges also shal come out of the.
7 Morouer I wil make my couenaut betwene me and the, and thy sede after the thorow out their posterities, that it maye be an euerlastinge couenaunt, so that I wyll be the God of the, and of thy sede after the.
- Gen 16:10-123 verses79%
10 And the angel of the LORDE sayde vnto her: Beholde, I wil so encreace yi sede, that it shall not be nombred for multitude.
11 And the angel of the LORDE sayde further vnto her: Beholde, thou art with childe, & shalt bringe forth a sonne, and shalt call his name Ismael, because the LORDE hath herde yi trouble.
12 He shal be a wylde man. His hande agaynst euery man, and euery mans hande agaynst him: and he shal dwel ouer agaynst all his brethren.
- Gen 26:3-42 verses78%
3 Be thou a strauger in this lande, and I wil be with the and blesse the. For vnto the and thy sede wyll I geue all this londe, and wyll perfourme myne ooth that I sware to thy father Abraham.
4 And I wyll multiplye thy sede as the starres of heauen, and vnto thy sede wyll I geue all this londe, and thorow thy sede shall all nacions be blessed,
- Gen 22:17-182 verses78%
17 I wyll prospere and multiplye thy sede as the starres of heauen, and as the sonde vpon the see shore. And thy sede shall possesse the gates of his enemies:
18 and in thy sede shal all the nacions of the earth be blessed, because thou hast herkened vnto my voyce.
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14 and sayde: Surely I wil blesse the and multiplye ye in dede.
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2 And I wyll make my couenaunt betwene me & the, and wyl multiplye the exceadyngly.
- Gen 35:11-122 verses77%
11 And God sayde vnto him: I am the Allmightie God, be frutefull and multiplye: people and a multitude of people shal come of the, and kynges shall come out of thy loynes:
12 and the lande that I gaue vnto Abraham and Isaac, wyll I geue vnto the, & wyl geue it vnto thy sede after the.
- Gen 12:2-32 verses76%
2 And I wil make of the a mightie people, and wyll blesse the, and make the a greate name, yee thou shalt be a very blessynge.
3 I wil blesse them that blesse the, and curse them that curse the: and in the shal all the generacions of the earth be blessed.
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17 Then God herde the voyce of the childe, and the angell of God called vnto Agar out of heauen, and sayde vnto her: What ayleth the, Agar? Feare not, for God hath herde ye voyce of the childe, where he lyeth.
18 Aryse and take the childe, and holde him by the hande, for I wyll make a greate people of him.
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18 seynge he shal be a greate and mightie people, and all ye people vpo earth shalbe blessed in him?
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16 These are the childre of Ismael with their names in their courtes and cities twolue londeprynces.
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12 This is the generacion of Ismael Abrahams sonne, whom Agar Saras mayde the Egipcian bare vnto him.
- Gen 28:3-42 verses75%
3 And the Allmightie God blesse the, and make the frutefull, and multiplye the, (that thou mayest be a multitude of people)
4 and geue the the blessynge of Abraham vnto ye & thy sede with the, that thou mayest possesse the lande, wherin thou art a straunger, which God gaue vnto Abraham.
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28 The children of Abraham are these: Isaac and Ismael.
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15 And Agar bare Abram a sonne, and Abram called his sonnes name which Agar bare him, Ismael.
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4 & saide vnto me: Beholde, I wil cause ye to growe & increase & wyll make a multitude of people of ye, & wil geue this lade vnto yi sede after ye for an euerlastinge possession.
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14 and thy sede shal be as ye dust of ye earth. And thou shalt sprede forth towarde the west, east, north, and south: and thorow the and thy sede shall all the kynreds vpon earth be blessed.
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12 Thou saydest: I wyll do the good, and wyll make thy sede as the sonde of ye see, which can not be nombred for multitude.
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18 of whom it was sayde: In Isaac shal thy sede be called:
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25 As for Ismael, he was thirtene yeare olde, whan the foreskynne of his flesh was circumcyded.
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24 And the LORDE appeared vnto him the same night, and sayde: I am the God of thy father Abraham, feare thou not, for I am with the, and wyll blesse the, and multiplye thy sede for my seruaunt Abrahams sake.