KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 17:20
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;
Surrounding context — Genesis 17
17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him.
20 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.
21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
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וּֽלְיִשְׁמָעֵ֘אלH3458 · yish.ma.elIshmaelשְׁמַעְתִּיךָ֒H8085 · sha.mato hear: hearהִנֵּ֣ה׀H2009 · hin.nehbeholdבֵּרַ֣כְתִּיH1288 · ba.rakhto blessאֹת֗וֹH853 · et[Obj.]וְהִפְרֵיתִ֥יH6509 · pa.rahbe fruitfulאֹת֛וֹH853 · et[Obj.]וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֥יH7235 · ra.vahto multiplyאֹת֖וֹH853 · et[Obj.]בִּמְאֹ֣דH3966 · me.odmuchמְאֹ֑דH3966 · me.odmuchשְׁנֵים־H8147 · she.na.yimtwoעָשָׂ֤רH6240 · a.sartenנְשִׂיאִם֙H5387 · na.sileaderיוֹלִ֔ידH3205 · ya.ladto begetוּנְתַתִּ֖יוH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלְג֥וֹיH1471 · goynationגָּדֽוֹל׃H1419 · ga.dolgreat: large
Cross-references
Genesis 21:18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.Genesis 21:13And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he [is] thy seed.Genesis 25:12-18Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:Genesis 16:10-12And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
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