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# As for Ishmael
The words "As for" show that God is switching from talking about the baby that would be born to talking about Ishmael.
# Behold
"Look" or "Listen" or "Pay attention to what I am about to tell you"
# will make him fruitful
This is an idiom that means "will cause him to have many children." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# will multiply him abundantly
"I will cause him to have many descendants"
# princes
"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.