Genesis 17:20
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And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 16:10
And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 21:18
Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand, for I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 25:12
These are the generations of Ismael the son of Abraham, whom Agar the Egyptian, Sara's servant, bore unto him:

Genesis 25:16
These are the sons of Ismael: and these are their names by their castles and towns, twelve princes of their tribes.

Genesis 28:3
And God almighty bless thee, and make thee to increase and multiply thee: that thou mayst be a multitude of people.

Psalm 107:38
And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and their cattle he suffered not to decrease.

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And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

I have blessed.

Genesis 16:10-12 And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude. . . .

twelve.

Genesis 25:12-18 These are the generations of Ismael the son of Abraham, whom Agar the Egyptian, Sara's servant, bore unto him: . . .

and I.

Genesis 21:13,18 But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed. . . .

Context
The Covenant of Circumcision
19And God said to Abraham: Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him for a perpetual covenant, and with his seed after him. 20And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.21But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sara shall bring forth to thee at this time in the next year.…
Lexicon
As for Ishmael,
וּֽלְיִשְׁמָעֵ֘אל‪‬ (ū·lə·yiš·mā·‘êl)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3458: Ishmael -- 'God hears', the name of several Israelites

I have heard you,
שְׁמַעְתִּיךָ֒ (šə·ma‘·tî·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

[and] I will surely
הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

bless
בֵּרַ֣כְתִּי (bê·raḵ·tî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

him;
אֹת֗וֹ (’ō·ṯōw)
Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

I will make him fruitful
וְהִפְרֵיתִ֥י (wə·hip̄·rê·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6509: To bear fruit, be fruitful

and multiply him greatly.
וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֥י (wə·hir·bê·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7235: To be or become much, many or great

He will become the father
יוֹלִ֔יד (yō·w·lîḏ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

of twelve
שְׁנֵים־ (šə·nêm-)
Number - md
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

rulers,
נְשִׂיאִם֙ (nə·śî·’im)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5387: An exalted one, a king, sheik, a rising mist

and I will make
וּנְתַתִּ֖יו (ū·nə·ṯat·tîw)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

him into a great
גָּדֽוֹל׃ (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

nation.
לְג֥וֹי (lə·ḡō·w)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts


Additional Translations
As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: 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.

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.

And concerning Ismael, behold, I have heard thee, and, behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him exceedingly; twelve nations shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

And for Ishmael I have heard thee: behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful, and will very greatly multiply him; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

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.

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.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become a great nation;
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