Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”
The LORD’s angel said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, that they will not be counted for multitude.”
The LORD’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.”
The LORD’s angel called to him out of the sky, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”