Genesis 17:20 Cross References - NSB

²⁰ »Concerning Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him. I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

¹⁰ »I will so increase your descendants that they will be too numerous to count.« ¹¹ Jehovah’s angel also said: »You are now with child and you will have a son. You shall name him Ishmael (means: God hears). Jehovah has heard of your misery. ¹² »He (Ishmael) will be a wild donkey of a man. His hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him. He will live in hostility toward all his brothers.«

¹³ »I will make the slave’s son into a nation also, because he is your child.«

¹⁸ »Arise, lift up the lad. Hold him by the hand. I will make him a great nation.«

¹² This is the genealogy of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maid, bore to Abraham. ¹³ These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam ¹⁴ and Mishma and Dumah and Massa, ¹⁵ Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. ¹⁶ These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps: twelve leaders according to their tribes. ¹⁷ Ishmael lived one hundred and thirty-seven years. Then he died and was gathered to his ancestors. ¹⁸ His descendants lived as nomads from the region of Havilah to Shur. This is near Egypt, in the direction of Assyria. He died in the presence of all his brothers.