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# As for Ishmael
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The words "As for" show that God is switching from talking about the baby that would be born to talking about Ishmael.
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# Behold
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"Look" or "Listen" or "Pay attention to what I am about to tell you"
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# will multiply him abundantly
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"I will cause him to have many descendants"
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# princes
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"chiefs" or "rulers." Ishmael's twelve sons are different from the twelve sons of Jacob who were the fathers of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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