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Want to know what the Bible says about Ishmael? Here are 104 Bible verses about Ishmael from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Genesis 17:20 NIV
And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
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Genesis 16:12 NIV
He will be a wild donkey of a man;
    his hand will be against everyone
    and everyone’s hand against him,
and he will live in hostility
    toward all his brothers.
129
Genesis 16:15 NIV
So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
93
Genesis 28:9 NIV
so he went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, in addition to the wives he already had.
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Genesis 16:11-12 NIV
11 The angel of the Lord also said to her:
“You are now pregnant
    and you will give birth to a son.
You shall name him Ishmael,
    for the Lord has heard of your misery.
12 He will be a wild donkey of a man;
    his hand will be against everyone
    and everyone’s hand against him,
and he will live in hostility
    toward all his brothers.
72
Genesis 16:16 NIV
Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.
71
Genesis 16:11 NIV
The angel of the Lord also said to her:
“You are now pregnant
    and you will give birth to a son.
You shall name him Ishmael,
    for the Lord has heard of your misery.
71
Genesis 25:9 NIV
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite,
68
Genesis 21:18 NIV
Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.
66
Genesis 21:12 NIV
But God said to him, “Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.
64

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