Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
The blessings of the covenant are reserved for Isaac, but common blessings were abundantly promised to Ishmael; and though the visible Church did not descend from his family, yet personally he might, and it is to be hoped did, enjoy its benefits.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Genesis 17:20:
Genesis 25:18
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