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10 The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly so that they will be too many to count.”

11 Then the angel of the Lord said to her,

“You are pregnant
    and will bear a son.
You shall call his name Ishmael,
    because the Lord has heard your affliction.
12 He will be a wild man;
    his hand will be against every man,
    and every man’s hand will be against him.
And he will dwell
    in the presence of all his brothers.”

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