Cross References And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation. Genesis 16:10 And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude. Genesis 21:18 Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand, for I will make him a great nation. Genesis 25:12 These are the generations of Ismael the son of Abraham, whom Agar the Egyptian, Sara's servant, bore unto him: Genesis 25:16 These are the sons of Ismael: and these are their names by their castles and towns, twelve princes of their tribes. Genesis 28:3 And God almighty bless thee, and make thee to increase and multiply thee: that thou mayst be a multitude of people. Psalm 107:38 And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and their cattle he suffered not to decrease. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation. I have blessed. Genesis 16:10-12 And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude. . . . twelve. Genesis 25:12-18 These are the generations of Ismael the son of Abraham, whom Agar the Egyptian, Sara's servant, bore unto him: . . . and I. Genesis 21:13,18 But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed. . . . Context The Covenant of Circumcision…19And God said to Abraham: Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him for a perpetual covenant, and with his seed after him. 20And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.21But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sara shall bring forth to thee at this time in the next year.… Lexicon As for Ishmael,וּֽלְיִשְׁמָעֵ֘אל (ū·lə·yiš·mā·‘êl) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3458: Ishmael -- 'God hears', the name of several Israelites I have heard you, שְׁמַעְתִּיךָ֒ (šə·ma‘·tî·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently [and] I will surely הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ (hin·nêh) Interjection Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold! bless בֵּרַ֣כְתִּי (bê·raḵ·tî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse him; אֹת֗וֹ (’ō·ṯōw) Direct object marker | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case I will make him fruitful וְהִפְרֵיתִ֥י (wə·hip̄·rê·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 6509: To bear fruit, be fruitful and multiply him greatly. וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֥י (wə·hir·bê·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 7235: To be or become much, many or great He will become the father יוֹלִ֔יד (yō·w·lîḏ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage of twelve שְׁנֵים־ (šə·nêm-) Number - md Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number) rulers, נְשִׂיאִם֙ (nə·śî·’im) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5387: An exalted one, a king, sheik, a rising mist and I will make וּנְתַתִּ֖יו (ū·nə·ṯat·tîw) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set him into a great גָּדֽוֹל׃ (gā·ḏō·wl) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent nation. לְג֥וֹי (lə·ḡō·w) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts Additional Translations As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. And concerning Ismael, behold, I have heard thee, and, behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him exceedingly; twelve nations shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. And for Ishmael I have heard thee: behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful, and will very greatly multiply him; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become a great nation; Jump to Previous Beget Bless Blessed Blessing Ear Exceedingly Fertile Fruitful Great Greatly Heard Increase Ishmael Ish'mael Multiply Nation Numbers Prayer Princes Rulers Surely TwelveJump to Next Beget Bless Blessed Blessing Ear Exceedingly Fertile Fruitful Great Greatly Heard Increase Ishmael Ish'mael Multiply Nation Numbers Prayer Princes Rulers Surely TwelveLinks Genesis 17:20 NIVGenesis 17:20 NLT Genesis 17:20 ESV Genesis 17:20 NASB Genesis 17:20 KJV Genesis 17:20 Bible Apps Genesis 17:20 Biblia Paralela Genesis 17:20 Chinese Bible Genesis 17:20 French Bible Genesis 17:20 German Bible Alphabetical: a And as be become behold bless exceedingly father for fruitful great greatly have He heard him his I increase into Ishmael make multiply nation numbers of princes rulers shall surely the twelve will you OT Law: Genesis 17:20 As for Ishmael I have heard you (Gen. 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