¹⁸ Up! Lift up the boy, and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

¹⁰ The angel of the Lord also said to her, ^(A)“I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”

²⁰ As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and ^(A)multiply him greatly. He ^(B)shall father twelve princes, and ^(C)I will make him into a great nation.