¹⁰ Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, ^(A)“I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.”

²⁰ And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and ^(A)will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget ^(B)twelve princes, ^(C)and I will make him a great nation.

The Families of Ishmael and Isaac^(A)

¹² Now this is the ^(B)genealogy of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham. ¹³ And ^(C)these were the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ¹⁴ Mishma, Dumah, Massa, ^15 [a]Hadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ¹⁶ These were the sons of Ishmael and these were their names, by their towns and their ^[b]settlements, ^(D)twelve princes according to their nations. ¹⁷ These were the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred and thirty-seven years; and ^(E)he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people. ^18 (F)(They dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt as you go toward Assyria.) He ^[c]died ^(G)in the presence of all his brethren.

¹⁵ Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, ¹⁶ and said: ^(A)“By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— ¹⁷ blessing I will ^(B)bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants ^(C)as the stars of the heaven ^(D)and as the sand which is on the seashore; and ^(E)your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. ^18 (F)In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, ^(G)because you have obeyed My voice.”

¹⁸ Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for ^(A)I will make him a great nation.”

¹³ Yet I will also make ^(A)a nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he is your ^[a]seed.”

^30 (A)“And when forty years had passed, an Angel ^[a]of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai. ³¹ When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him, ³² saying, ^(B)‘I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and dared not look. ^33 (C)‘Then the Lord said to him, “Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. ³⁴ I have surely ^(D)seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will ^(E)send you to Egypt.” ’

³⁵ “This Moses whom they rejected, saying, ^(F)‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer ^(G)by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush. ^36 (H)He brought them out, after he had ^(I)shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, ^(J)and in the Red Sea, ^(K)and in the wilderness forty years.

Israel Rebels Against God

³⁷ “This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ^(L)‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. ^(M)Him^[b] you shall hear.’

^38 (N)“This is he who was in the ^[c]congregation in the wilderness with ^(O)the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, ^(P)the one who received the living ^(Q)oracles^[d] to give to us,

^18 (A)No one has seen God at any time. ^(B)The only begotten ^[a]Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.