²⁰ As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

¹⁸ Come, take your child in your arms, for I will make of him a great nation.

¹³ And I will make a nation of the son of your servant-woman, because he is your seed.

¹⁰ And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.

¹¹ And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.

¹² And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.

¹² Now these are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whose mother was Hagar the Egyptian, the servant of Sarah:

¹³ These are the names of the sons of Ishmael by their generations: Ishmael's first son was Nebaioth; then 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 in their towns and their tent-circles; twelve chiefs with their peoples.

¹⁷ And the years of Ishmael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven: and he came to his end, and was put to rest with his people.

¹⁸ And their country was from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt: they took their place to the east of all their brothers.