Genesis 21:18

The Scriptures 1998

“Arise, lift up the boy and hold him with your hand, for I make a great nation of him.”

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And the Messenger of יהוה said to her, “I am going to increase your seed greatly, too numerous to be counted.”

And the Messenger of יהוה found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur,

“And as for Yishmaʽ

“And of the son of the female servant I also make a nation, because he is your seed.”

but the Messenger of יהוה called to him from the heavens and said, “Aḇ