God also said to him, ‘I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation, indeed an assembly of nations, will come from you, and kings will descend from you. ,
Powerful kings have also ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the River Euphrates, and tribute, duty, and land tax were paid to them.
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father twelve tribal leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.
He moved from there and dug another, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, ‘For now the Lord has made space for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.’
He said to me, “I will make you fruitful and numerous; I will make many nations come from you, and I will give this land as a permanent possession to your future descendants.”