"And of the sonof the maidI will makea nationalso,becausehe is your descendant."
Moreover, the angelof the LORDsaidto her, "I will greatlymultiplyyour descendantsso that they will be toomanyto count."
"As for Ishmael,I have heardyou; behold,I will blesshim, and will makehim fruitfuland will multiplyhim exceedingly.He shall becomethe fatherof twelveprinces,and I will makehim a greatnation.
So Abrahamroseearlyin the morningand tookbreadand a skinof waterand gave[them] to Hagar,putting[them] on her shoulder,and [gave her] the boy,and senther away.And she departedand wanderedabout in the wildernessof Beersheba.
"Arise,liftup the lad,and holdhim by the hand,for I will makea greatnationof him."
