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Genesis 16:11
Contemporary English Version

10-11 I will give you a son, who will be called Ishmael,[a] because I have heard your cry for help. And someday I will give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all.

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  1. 16.10,11 Ishmael: In Hebrew “Ishmael” sounds like “God hears.”
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