Arise, lift up the boy, and hold him by the hand, for I will make a great nation of him.”
Moreover, the angel of Yahweh said to her, “I will greatly multiply your seed so that they will be too many to be counted.”
Now the angel of Yahweh found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.
As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
And of the son of the maidservant I will make a nation also, because he is your seed.”
But the angel of Yahweh called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”