Genesis 21:13
But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”
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- Gen 21:18 : 18 Get up! Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
- Gen 16:10 : 10 I will greatly multiply your descendants,” the LORD’s angel added,“so that they will be too numerous to count.”
- Gen 17:20 : 20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.
- Gen 25:12-18 : 12 The Sons of Ishmael This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham. 13 These are the names of Ishmael’s sons, by their names according to their records: Nebaioth(Ishmael’s firstborn), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their settlements and their camps– twelve princes according to their clans. 17 Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. He breathed his last and died; then he joined his ancestors. 18 His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which runs next to Egypt all the way to Asshur. They settled away from all their relatives.
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- Gen 21:9-124 verses85%
9But Sarah noticed the son of Hagar the Egyptian– the son whom Hagar had borne to Abraham– mocking.
10So she said to Abraham,“Banish that slave woman and her son, for the son of that slave woman will not be an heir along with my son Isaac!”
11Sarah’s demand displeased Abraham greatly because Ishmael was his son.
12But God said to Abraham,“Do not be upset about the boy or your slave wife. Do all that Sarah is telling you because through Isaac your descendants will be counted.
- Gen 17:19-213 verses80%
19God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.
20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.
21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”
- Gen 21:17-182 verses79%
17But God heard the boy’s voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her,“What is the matter, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the boy’s voice right where he is crying.
18Get up! Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
- Gen 22:17-182 verses78%
17I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.
18Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”
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12The Sons of Ishmael This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.
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18God had told him,“Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,”
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7nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather“through Isaac will your descendants be counted.”
- Gen 26:3-42 verses76%
3Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.
4I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.
- Gal 4:22-232 verses76%
22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
23But one, the son by the slave woman, was born by natural descent, while the other, the son by the free woman, was born through the promise.
- Gen 16:10-112 verses76%
10I will greatly multiply your descendants,” the LORD’s angel added,“so that they will be too numerous to count.”
11Then the LORD’s angel said to her,“You are now pregnant and are about to give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your painful groans.
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6I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
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28The sons of Abraham:Isaac and Ishmael.
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16And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.
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30But what does the scripture say?“Throw out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the son” of the free woman.
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16I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!”
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4May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.”
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14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, east, north, and south. And so all the families of the earth may receive blessings through you and through your descendants.
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15So Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son, whom Abram named Ishmael.
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3but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and brought him into the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac,
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13Then the LORD said to Abram,“Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign country. They will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.
- Gen 15:3-42 verses73%
3Abram added,“Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!”
4But look, the LORD’s message came to him:“This man will not be your heir, but instead a son who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
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14Early in the morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He put them on her shoulders, gave her the child, and sent her away. So she went wandering aimlessly through the wilderness of Beer Sheba.
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12The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you. To your descendants I will also give this land.”
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18After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth may receive blessing through him.
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2Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.
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13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel your servants, to whom you swore by yourself and told them,‘I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken about I will give to your descendants, and they will inherit it forever.’”
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9For this is what the promise declared:“About a year from now I will return and Sarah will have a son.”
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3Abraham named his son– whom Sarah bore to him– Isaac.
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16Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say,“and to the descendants,” referring to many, but“and to your descendant,” referring to one, who is Christ.
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9Then God said to Abraham,“As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.