Study it in the app“As for Ishmael, I have heard you; look, I will bless him and make him fruitful and multiply him exceedingly. He will father twelve chiefs, and I will make him into a great nation.”
As for Ishmael,וּלְיִשְׁמָעֵאלI have heard you;שְׁמַעְתִּיךָlook,הִנֵּהI will blessבֵּרַכְתִּיhimאֹתוֹand make him fruitfulוְהִפְרֵיתִי אֹתוֹand multiplyוְהִרְבֵּיתִיhimאֹתוֹexceedingly.בִּמְאֹד מְאֹדHe will fatherיוֹלִידtwelveשְׁנֵים עָשָׂרchiefs,נְשִׂיאִםand I will make himוּנְתַתִּיוinto a greatלְ גָּדוֹלnation.גוֹי
Ishmael
Ishmael, the son of Abram and Hagar, father of twelve tribal chiefs; also the name of other Israelites. The name means "God hears" (Genesis 16:11).
Where else “yishmael” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemati” appearsbless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “berachti” appearsbe fruitful
Bear fruit; be fruitful, have descendants.
Where else “hifreti” appearsmultiply
To grow in number.
Where else “hirbeti” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appearsfather
For a man to have a child.
Where else “yolid” appearsdouble
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shenem” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appearschief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nesiim” appearsmake
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “netati” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearsnation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears“I have heard you” (shema'ticha) plays on the name Ishmael.
19Elohim said, “No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him as an eternal covenant for his offspring after him.
20 · This verse (above)
21But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this appointed time next year.”
1. What it says
What new names did Abram and Sarai receive, and what did Elohim promise Abraham (vv. 5, 15-16)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Elohim’s plan that Abram becomes Abraham, “father of a multitude of nations” (v. 5)?
3. How I live it
What helps you remember each day what Elohim has said about you and your life?
