Rise thou, and take the child, and hold his hand; for I shall make him into a great folk.
And again he said, I multiplying shall multiply thy seed, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.
And when the angel of the Lord had found her beside a well of water in wilderness, which well is in the way of Shur in desert,
also on Ishmael I have heard thee, lo! I shall bless him, and I shall increase him, and I shall multiply him greatly; he shall engender twelve dukes, and I shall make him into a great folk.
but also I shall make the son of the handmaid into a great folk, for he is thy seed.
And lo! the angel of the Lord cried from heaven, and said, Abraham! Abraham! Which answered, I am present.