¹⁸ Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.^(A)”

¹⁰ The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”^(A)

²⁰ And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers.^(A) He will be the father of twelve rulers,^(B) and I will make him into a great nation.^(C)