¹⁰ The angel of the Lord also said to her, ^(A)“I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”

²⁰ As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and ^(A)multiply him greatly. He ^(B)shall father twelve princes, and ^(C)I will make him into a great nation.

¹² These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, ^(A)whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham. ^13 (B)These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: ^(C)Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and ^(D)Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ¹⁴ Mishma, Dumah, Massa, ¹⁵ Hadad, ^(E)Tema, ^(F)Jetur, ^(G)Naphish, and Kedemah. ¹⁶ These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, ^(H)twelve princes according to their tribes. ¹⁷ (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He ^(I)breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.) ^18 (J)They settled from Havilah to ^(K)Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled^[a] over against all his kinsmen.

¹⁵ And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven ¹⁶ and said, ^(A)“By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, ¹⁷ I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring ^(B)as the stars of heaven and ^(C)as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess ^(D)the gate of his^[a] enemies, ¹⁸ and ^(E)in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, ^(F)because you have obeyed my voice.”

¹⁸ Up! Lift up the boy, and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

¹³ And I will make ^(A)a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring.”

³⁰ “Now when forty years had passed, ^(A)an angel appeared to him ^(B)in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. ³¹ When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and as he drew near to look, there came the voice of the Lord: ^32 (C)‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and did not dare to look. ³³ Then the Lord said to him, ^(D)‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. ^34 (E)I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and ^(F)have heard their groaning, and ^(G)I have come down to deliver them. ^(H)And now come, I will send you to Egypt.’

³⁵ “This Moses, whom they rejected, ^(I)saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—this man God sent as both ruler and redeemer ^(J)by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. ^36 (K)This man led them out, performing ^(L)wonders and signs ^(M)in Egypt and ^(N)at the Red Sea and ^(O)in the wilderness for ^(P)forty years. ³⁷ This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you ^(Q)a prophet like me from your brothers.’ ³⁸ This is the one ^(R)who was in the congregation in the wilderness with ^(S)the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. ^(T)He received ^(U)living ^(V)oracles to give to us.

^18 (A)No one has ever seen God; ^(B)the only God,^[a] who is at the Father's side,^{[b] (C)}he has made him known.