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Genesis 17:20 KJV
Genesis · chapter 17 · verse 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.Genesis 17:20 · King James Version
Genesis 17:20 in context
18And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
19And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
20And 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.
21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
22And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- exceedinglymᵉʼôdproperly, vehemenceH3966 →
- fruitfulpârâhto bear fruitH6509 →
- multiplyrâbâhto increaseH7235 →
- IshmaelYishmâʻêʼlJishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five IsraelitesH3458 →
- blessedbârakto kneelH1288 →
- princesnâsîyʼproperly, an exalted oneH5387 →
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Here is, I. The promise made to Abraham of a son by Sarai, that son in whom the promise made to him should be fulfilled, that he should be the father of many nations; for she also shall be a mother of nations, and kings of people shall be of her, Gen 17:16. Note, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-22