Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.

After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using his name.

But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”

Get up! Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

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.

He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.