Genesis 17:18-20

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁸ And Abraham said to God, ‘O that Ishmael might live in your sight!’ ¹⁹ God said, ‘No, but your wife Sarah shall bear you a son, and you shall name him Isaac.^[a] I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him. ²⁰ As for Ishmael, I have heard you; I will bless him and make him fruitful and exceedingly numerous; he shall be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.