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Genesis 17:20 · BSB
17:20 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.
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…We need to be a praying church. God is fulfilling his promises in answer to Ishmael's prayer. So, as promised, as he promised Abraham back inGenesis 17:20, God planned to make Ishmael into a father of 12 princes and a great nation. And he reaffirms that promise to Hagar. Now, alongside the reassurance…
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…Why is the author doing this? Because God had made a promise to Abraham regarding Ishmael and his offspring in Genesis chapter 17. He said inGenesis 17 verses 18 through 20, And Abraham said to God, Oh, that Ishmael might live before you. But God said, No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son, and you shall call…
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…you the father of a multitude of nations.” Genesis 17:5 This happened when Abraham was 99, just before he was circumcised. In that same chapter,Genesis 17:15-21God promised that Sarai, whom He renamed Sarah, would have a son “this time next year.” Thus, Sarah was not yet pregnant. She wouldn’t even become…
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…I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year. 22 When He finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham. (Gen. 17:19–22NASB) So there the promise is restated again. Abraham gave God His out—Ishmael. Let Ishmael live before You. God said, “No, I'll bless him too.”…
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…and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.” (Gen. 17:19–20NASB) All of that unfolded exactly as it happened. Verses 21–22: “‘But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this…
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