Get up, go over and help the boy up, and encourage him, for I will make him into a great nation.”
Then he continued, “I will give you many, many descendants—in fact they'll be so many they can't be counted.”
The angel of the Lord met Hagar at a spring in the desert—the spring on the road to Shur.
Now about Ishmael. I heard what you said, and I will also bless him. I will make sure he has a great many descendants. He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.
Don't worry—I will also make the son of the slave woman into a nation because he's your son.”
But the angel of the Lord shouted to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Yes, I'm here,” he replied.