Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he {is} thy seed.

Now these {are} the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. {moveth: Heb. creepeth}

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he {is} thy seed.

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

These {are} the sons of Ishmael, and these {are} their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

Now these {are} the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:

(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, {even} God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. {before him: or, like unto him}

And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

And his father refused, and said, I know {it}, my son, I know {it}: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. {multitude: Heb. fulness}

For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, {then} shall thy seed also be numbered.

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.