Genesis 17:20
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
KJV
Super Ismaël quoque exaudivi te : ecce, benedicam ei, et augebo, et multiplicabo eum valde : duodecim duces generabit, et faciam illum in gentem magnam.
Vulgate
περὶ δὲ Ἰσμαὴλ ἰδοὺ ἐπήκουσά σου· καὶ εὐλόγησα αὐτόν, καὶ αὐξανῶ αὐτὸν καὶ πληθυνῶ αὐτὸν σφόδρα· δώδεκα ἔθνη γεννήσει, καὶ δώσω αὐτὸν εἰς ἔθνος μέγα.
LXX
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
ASV
וּֽ/לְ/יִשְׁמָעֵ֘אל שְׁמַעְתִּי/ךָ֒ הִנֵּ֣ה בֵּרַ֣כְתִּי אֹת֗/וֹ וְ/הִפְרֵיתִ֥י אֹת֛/וֹ וְ/הִרְבֵּיתִ֥י אֹת֖/וֹ בִּ/מְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֑ד שְׁנֵים עָשָׂ֤ר נְשִׂיאִם֙ יוֹלִ֔יד וּ/נְתַתִּ֖י/ו לְ/ג֥וֹי גָּדֽוֹל
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Cross-references
- Gen 1:28 — And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over ever
- Gen 16:10 — And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
- Gen 16:10 — And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
- Gen 17:6 — And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
- Gen 21:13 — And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
- Gen 21:13 — And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
- Gen 21:18 — Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
- Gen 21:18 — Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
- Gen 21:20 — And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
- Gen 25:12 — Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
- Gen 25:12 — Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
- Gen 25:16 — These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
- Gen 48:19 — And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall be
- Lev 26:9 — For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
- Ps 107:38 — He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
- Rom 4:17 — (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.