Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 17:20
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Genesis17:20
20 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.
To wit, in part, or so far as is here expressed; and probably, as to the chief blessing of the Covenant, to wit, the forgiveness of his sins and eternal Life, as the Hebrew Doctors and some others collect from Gen. 25. 17. and from other considerations.
Marginal references: Chap. 25. 16.
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