Genesis 21:18

New American Bible - revised edition

Get up, lift up the boy and hold him by the hand; for I will make of him a great nation.”

Cross References

Genesis 16:10

I will make your descendants so numerous,” added the Lord’s angel, “that they will be too many to count.”

Genesis 16:7

The Lord’s angel found her by a spring in the wilderness, the spring on the road to Shur,

Genesis 17:20

Now as for Ishmael, I will heed you: I hereby bless him. I will make him fertile and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve chieftains, and I will make of him a great nation.

Genesis 21:13

As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, since he too is your offspring.

Genesis 22:11

But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.