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Genesis 17:20

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And 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.	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.	But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And as for Ishmael^H3458, I have heard thee^H8085: Behold, I have blessed^H1288 him, and will make him fruitful^H6509, and will multiply^H7235 him exceedingly^{H3966 H3966}; twelve^{H6240 H8147} princes^H5387 shall he beget^H3205, and I will make him^H5414 a great^H1419 nation^H1471.

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Original Hebrew

וּלְיִשְׁמָעֵאל שְׁמַעְתִּיךָ הִנֵּה ׀ בֵּרַכְתִּי אֹתֹו וְהִפְרֵיתִי אֹתֹו וְהִרְבֵּיתִי אֹתֹו בִּמְאֹד מְאֹד שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר נְשִׂיאִם יֹולִיד וּנְתַתִּיו לְגֹוי גָּדֹול׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וּֽ/לְ/יִשְׁמָעֵ֘אל	u./le./yish.ma.'eL	H3458	HC/R/Np	and/ to/ Ishmael
שְׁמַעְתִּי/ךָ֒	she.ma'.ti./Kha	H8085	HVqp1cs/Sp2ms	I have heard/ you
הִנֵּ֣ה	hi.Neh	H2009	HTm	here!
בֵּרַ֣כְתִּי	be.Rakh.ti	H1288	HVpp1cs	I will bless
אֹת֗/וֹ	'o.T/o	H853	HTo/Sp3ms	(obj.)/ him
וְ/הִפְרֵיתִ֥י	ve./hif.rei.Ti	H6509	HC/Vhq1cs	and/ I will make fruitful
אֹת֛/וֹ	'o.T/o	H853	HTo/Sp3ms	(obj.)/ him
וְ/הִרְבֵּיתִ֥י	ve./hir.bei.Ti	H7235	HC/Vhq1cs	and/ I will multiply
אֹת֖/וֹ	'o.T/o	H853	HTo/Sp3ms	(obj.)/ him
בִּ/מְאֹ֣ד	bi/m.'Od	H3966	HR/D	with/ muchness
מְאֹ֑ד	me.'Od	H3966	HD	muchness
שְׁנֵים	she.neim-	H8147	HAcmda	two (plus)
עָשָׂ֤ר	'a.Sar	H6240	HAcmsa	ten
נְשִׂיאִם֙	ne.si.'Im	H5387	HNcmpa	princes
יוֹלִ֔יד	yo.Lid	H3205	HVhi3ms	he will father
וּ/נְתַתִּ֖י/ו	u./ne.ta.Ti/v	H5414	HC/Vqq1cs/Sp3ms	and/ I will make/ him
לְ/ג֥וֹי	le./Goy	H1471	HR/Ncmsa	into/ a nation
גָּדֽוֹל	ga.Dol	H1419	HAamsa	great

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1288 — בָרַךְ (bârak, baw-rak'): a primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason); [idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank.
• H1419 — גָּדוֹל (gâdôwl, gaw-dole'): or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from גָּדַל; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent; [phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.
• H1471 — גּוֹי (gôwy, go'-ee): rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts; Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
• H3205 — יָלַד (yâlad, yaw-lad'): a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage; bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
• H3458 — יִשְׁמָעֵאל (Yishmâʻêʼl, yish-maw-ale'): from שָׁמַע and אֵל; God will hear; Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites; Ishmael.
• H3966 — מְאֹד (mᵉʼôd, meh-ode'): from the same as אוּד; properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated); diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), [idiom] louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ([phrase] much, sore), well.
• H5387 — נָשִׂיא (nâsîyʼ, naw-see'): or נָשִׂא; from נָשָׂא; properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist; captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H6240 — עָשָׂר (ʻâsâr, aw-sawr'): for עֶשֶׂר; ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth; (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), [phrase] eleven(-th), [phrase] sixscore thousand, [phrase] twelve(-th).
• H6509 — פָּרָה (pârâh, paw-raw'): a primitive root; to bear fruit (literally or figuratively); bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase.
• H7235 — רָבָה (râbâh, raw-baw'): a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect); (bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for רָבַב), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), [idiom] process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
• H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
• H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• and I — Genesis 21:13, Genesis 21:18
• I have blessed — Genesis 16:10-12
• twelve — Genesis 25:12-18

Reciprocal references (11): Genesis 1:28, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 16:15, Genesis 17:6, Genesis 21:9, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 25:16, Genesis 48:19, Leviticus 26:9, Psalms 107:38, Romans 4:17

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: BLESSINGS-AFFLICTIONS, ISHMAEL, POSTERITY PROMISED
• Torrey’s: ISHMAELITES, THE, PRAYER, ANSWERS TO
• Nave’s: ABRAHAM, BARRENNESS, CHILDREN, COVENANT, ISAAC, ISHMAEL, PRAYER, RULERS, SARAH

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