Genesis 17:20
17:20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you.
I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants.
He will become the father of twelve princes;
I will make him into a great nation.
Genesis 21:13
21:13 But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”
Genesis 21:16
21:16 Then she went and sat down by herself across from him at quite a distance, about a bowshot
away; for she thought,
“I refuse to watch the child die.”
So she sat across from him and wept uncontrollably.
Genesis 25:12-18
The Sons of Ishmael
25:12 This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.
25:13 These are the names of Ishmael’s sons, by their names according to their records: Nebaioth (Ishmael’s firstborn), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
25:14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
25:15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
25:16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their settlements and their camps – twelve princes according to their clans.
25:17 Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. He breathed his last and died; then he joined his ancestors.
25:18 His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which runs next to Egypt all the way to Asshur. They settled away from all their relatives.
Psalms 83:6-7
83:6 It includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,
83:7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,
Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre.