Go to him and comfort him, for I will make a great nation from his descendants.”
Then he added, “I will give you more descendants than you can count.”
The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road to Shur.
As for Ishmael, I will bless him also, just as you have asked. I will make him extremely fruitful and multiply his descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
But I will also make a nation of the descendants of Hagar’s son because he is your son, too.”
At that moment the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Yes,” Abraham replied. “Here I am!”