Genesis 17:20 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

ASV Byzantine Text

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.

Asang Khongca Bible

Ishmael han na thuih ih lok to ka thaih boeh; khenah, anih to tahamhoihaih ka paek han, athaih ka thaisak moe, pop parai ah ka pungsak han; anih loe ukkung hatlai hnetto ih ampa ah om ueloe, anih to kalen parai acaeng ah kang coengsak han.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Tedae Ishmael ham khaw ka yaak ngawn ne. Anih khaw yoethen ka paek vetih ka pungtai sak ni. Muep muep ka ping sak phoeiah khoboei hlai nit a sak vetih pilnu la ka khueh ni.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Tedae Ishmael ham khaw ka yaak ngawn ne. Anih khaw yoethen ka paek vetih ka pungtai sak ni. Muep muep ka ping sak phoeiah khoboei hlai nit a sak vetih pilnu la ka khueh ni.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

A o Isemaela, ua hoolohe hoi au ia oe nona: Aia hoi, na hoopomaikai no au ia ia, a e hoohua auanei au i na keiki nana, a e hoomahuahua no hoi au ia ia; e hanau nana na alii he umikumamalua, a e hoolilo hoi au ia ia i Iahuikanaka nui.

English Berean Standard Bible

As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Ou mande m' pou m' pwoteje Izmayèl pou ou! M'ap fè l' pou ou! M'ap beni l', m'ap ba li anpil pitit ak anpil pitit pitit. Gen douz chèf k'ap soti nan fanmi li. M'ap fè pitit li yo tounen yon gwo nasyon.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Super Ismaël quoque exaudivi te: ecce, benedicam ei, et augebo, et multiplicabo eum valde: duodecim duces generabit, et faciam illum in gentem magnam.

Bible in Basic English

As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et, à l’égard d’Ismaël, je t’ai exaucé : voici, je l’ai béni, et je le ferai fructifier et multiplier extrêmement ; il engendrera douze chefs, et je le ferai devenir une grande nation.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Také o Izmaele uslyšel jsem tě; a aj, požehnám jemu, a učiním to, aby se rozplodil, a rozmnožím ho náramně velmi; dvanáctero knížat zplodí, a rozšířím jej v národ veliký.

Kosraean Bible

Nga lohng siyuk lom kacl Ishmael, ke ma inge nga fah akinsewowoyal ac sang tulik puspis natul ac fwil puspis. El ac fah papa tumun fisrak singoul luo, ac nga fah oru sie mutunfacl lulap ke fwil natul.

World Portuguese Bible

Quanto a Ismael, eu o ouvi. Eis que eu o abençoei, e o farei frutífero, e o multiplicarei grandemente. Ele será o pai de doze príncipes, e farei dele uma grande nação.

Romanian BTF Bible

Şi cât despre Ismael, te-am auzit: Iată, l-am binecuvântat şi îl voi face roditor şi îl voi înmulţi peste măsură, doisprezece prinţi va naşte şi îl voi face o mare naţiune.

Brenton English Septuagint

And concerning Ismael, behold, I have heard thee, and, behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him exceedingly; twelve nations shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ဣရှမေလအတွက်သင်၏လိုအင်ဆန္ဒကိုလည်း ငါကြားရပြီ။ ထို့ကြောင့်ငါသည်သူ့ကိုကောင်း ချီးပေး၍ သူ၌သားသမီးများစွာထွန်းကား စေမည်။ သူ၏အဆက်အနွယ်တို့ကိုများပြား စေမည်။ သူသည်မင်းသားတစ်ဆယ့်နှစ်ပါးတို့ ၏ဖခင်ဖြစ်လိမ့်မည်။ သူ၏အဆက်အနွယ်တို့ ကိုလူမျိုးကြီးဖြစ်စေမည်။-

Darby Translation

And for Ishmael I have heard thee: behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful, and will very greatly multiply him; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und um Ismael habe ich dich erhört: Siehe, ich habe ihn gesegnet und werde ihn fruchtbar machen und ihn sehr, sehr mehren; zwölf Fürsten wird er zeugen, und ich werde ihn zu einer großen Nation machen.

Dutch Bible 1917

En aangaande Ismael heb Ik u verhoord; zie, Ik heb hem gezegend, en zal hem vruchtbaar maken, en hem gans zeer vermenigvuldigen; twaalf vorsten zal hij gewinnen, en Ik zal hem tot een groot volk stellen;

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Ook aangaande Jisjmaël heb Ik u verhoord: Ik zal hem zegenen, vruchtbaar maken, zeer talrijk doen zijn: Twaalf vorsten zal hij verwekken, En een groot volk zal Ik hem maken.

Italian Diodati Bible

E quant'è ad Ismaele ancora, io ti ho esaudito; ecco, io l'ho benedetto, e lo farò moltiplicare e crescer grandissimamente ; egli genererà dodici principi , ed io lo farò divenire una gran nazione.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

Geneva Bible 1599

And as concerning Ishmael, I haue heard thee: loe, I haue blessed him, and will make him fruitfull, and will multiplie him exceedingly: twelue princes shall he beget, and I will make a great nation of him.

Danish Bible 1931

Men hvad Ismael angår, har jeg bønhørt* dig: jeg vil velsigne ham og gøre ham frugtbar og give ham et overvættes talrigt Afkom; tolv Stammehøvdinger skal han avle, og jeg vil gøre ham til et stort Folk. { [*se til 1 Mos. 16, 11; 25, 13 ff.] }

Leeser Tanakh

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 of him a great nation.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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.

King James Version

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Ta cũng nhậm lời ngươi xin cho ỗch-ma-ên. Nầy, ta ban phước cho người, sẽ làm cho người sanh sản và thêm nhiều quá-bội; người sẽ là tổ phụ của mười hai vị công-hầu, và ta làm cho người thành một dân lớn.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

Pea koeʻuhi ko ʻIsimeʻeli, kuo u fanongo kiate koe; “Vakai, kuo u tāpuaki ia, pea te u ngaohi ke tokolahi ʻaupito ia; te ne fakatupu ʻae ʻeiki ʻe toko hongofulu ma toko ua, pea te u ngaohi ia ko e puleʻanga lahi.

French Ostervald Bible

Je t'exauce aussi touchant Ismaël: Voici, je le bénis, et je le ferai croître et multiplier très abondamment. Il sera père de douze princes; et je ferai de lui une grande nation.

Esperanto Bible

Ankaŭ pri Iŝmael Mi aŭdis vin: jen Mi benis lin, kaj Mi fruktigos lin kaj Mi multigos lin tre forte; dek du princoj naskiĝos de li, kaj Mi devenigos de li grandan popolon.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

A l’égard d’Ismaël, je t’ai exaucé. Voici, je le bénirai, je le rendrai fécond, et je le multiplierai à l’infini; il engendrera douze princes, et je ferai de lui une grande nation.

German Luther Bible 1912

Dazu um Ismael habe ich dich auch erhört. Siehe, ich habe ihn gesegnet und will ihn fruchtbar machen und mehren gar sehr. Zwölf Fürsten wird er zeugen, und ich will ihn zum großen Volk machen.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And concerning Ismael, behold, I have heard you, and, behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him exceedingly; twelve nations shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

British English Septuagint 2012

And concerning Ismael, behold, I have heard you, and, behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him exceedingly; twelve nations shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

Majority Standard BIble

As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

Webster Bible

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.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

However I have heard you regarding Ishmael: I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful and his descendants exceedingly many. Twelve princes he will father, and I will make him a great nation.

Open English Bible (US)

However I have heard you regarding Ishmael: I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful and his descendants exceedingly many. Twelve princes he will father, and I will make him a great nation.

Revised Version

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Quanto a Ismaele, io t’ho esaudito. Ecco, io l’ho benedetto, e farò che moltiplichi e s’accresca grandissimamente. Egli genererà dodici principi, e io farò di lui una grande nazione.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Quant à Ismaël, je t'ai exaucé. Voici, je l'ai béni, je le rendrai fécond et je le multiplierai à l'extrême. Il deviendra le père de douze princes, et je ferai de lui une grande nation.

Reina Valera 1909

Y en cuanto á Ismael, también te he oído: he aquí que le bendeciré, y le haré fructificar y multiplicar mucho en gran manera: doce príncipes engendrará, y ponerlo he por gran gente.

Spanish BLL

En cuanto a Ismael, también te he escuchado. Yo lo bendeciré, lo haré muy fecundo y multiplicaré en gran manera su descendencia. Será el padre de doce príncipes, y haré de él una gran nación.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y en cuanto a Ismael, también te he oído; he aquí que le bendeciré, y le haré fructificar y multiplicar en gran manera; doce príncipes engendrará, y haré de él una gran nación.

Croatian Bible

I za Jišmaela uslišah te. Evo ga blagoslivljam: rodnim ću ga učiniti i silno ga razmnožiti; dvanaest će knezova od njega postati i u velik će narod izrasti.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

A i za Ismaila uslišio sam te; evo blagoslovio sam ga, i daću mu porodicu veliku, i umnožiću ga veoma; i rodiće dvanaest knezova, i načiniću od njega velik narod.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge

And concerning Yishmael I have accepted thy prayer. Behold, I have blessed him, and I will spread him abroad very greatly. Twelve princes will he beget, and I will set him (as) a great people.

German Textbibel

Aber auch in betreff Ismaels will ich dich erhören; ich will ihn segnen und ihn fruchtbar sein lassen und will machen, daß seine Nachkommen ganz überaus zahlreich werden. Zwölf Fürsten wird er zeugen, und ich will machen, daß er zu einem großen Volke wird.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And concerning Ishmael, behold, I have heard thee, and, behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him exceedingly; twelve nations shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וּֽלְיִשְׁמָעֵ֘אל שְׁמַעְתִּיךָ֒ הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ בֵּרַ֣כְתִּי אֹת֗וֹ וְהִפְרֵיתִ֥י אֹת֛וֹ וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֥י אֹת֖וֹ בִּמְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֑ד שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֤ר נְשִׂיאִם֙ יוֹלִ֔יד וּנְתַתִּ֖יו לְג֥וֹי גָּדֽוֹל׃