Genesis 21:18
Get up! Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
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- Gen 21:13 : 13 But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”
- 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.
- 1 Chr 1:29-31 : 29 These were their descendants:Ishmael’s DescendantsIshmael’s firstborn son was Nebaioth; the others were Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.
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- Gen 21:12-176 verses82%
12 But 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.
13 But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”
14 Early 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.
15 When the water in the skin was gone, she shoved the child under one of the shrubs.
16 Then she went and sat down by herself across from him at quite a distance, about a bowshot, away; for she thought,“I refuse to watch the child die.” So she sat across from him and wept uncontrollably.
17 But 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.
- Gen 21:19-202 verses77%
19 Then God enabled Hagar to see a well of water. She went over and filled the skin with water, and then gave the boy a drink.
20 God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.
- Gen 17:18-214 verses76%
18 Abraham said to God,“O that Ishmael might live before you!”
19 God 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.
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.
21 But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”
- Gen 16:10-112 verses75%
10 I will greatly multiply your descendants,” the LORD’s angel added,“so that they will be too numerous to count.”
11 Then 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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18 After 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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13 and the LORD stood at its top. He said,“I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on.
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2 Then 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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17 Get up and walk throughout the land, for I will give it to you.”
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12 “Do not harm the boy!” the angel said.“Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.”
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6 I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
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18 God had told him,“Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,”
- Gen 22:17-182 verses71%
17 I 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.
18 Because 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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3 He 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.
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12 The 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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11 Then God said to him,“I am the Sovereign God. Be fruitful and multiply! A nation– even a company of nations– will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants!
- Gen 28:3-42 verses71%
3 May the Sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation.
4 May 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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15 So Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son, whom Abram named Ishmael.
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3 but 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,
- Gen 26:3-42 verses70%
3 Stay 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.
4 I 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.
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5 The LORD took him outside and said,“Gaze into the sky and count the stars– if you are able to count them!” Then he said to him,“So will your descendants be.”
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2 Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants.”
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10 Then Abraham reached out his hand, took the knife, and prepared to slaughter his son.
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4 “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
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10 So 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!”
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2 God said,“Take your son– your only son, whom you love, Isaac– and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you.”
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4 He said to me,‘I am going to make you fruitful and will multiply you. I will make you into a group of nations, and I will give this land to your descendants as an everlasting possession.’
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14 saying,“Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.”