Parallel Verses

Amplified

Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count.”

New American Standard Bible

Moreover, the angel of the Lord said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count.”

King James Version

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Holman Bible

The Angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count.”

International Standard Version

The angel of the LORD also told her, "I will greatly multiply your offspring, who will be too many to count.

A Conservative Version

And the agent of LORD said to her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

American Standard Version

And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Bible in Basic English

And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.

Darby Translation

And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Julia Smith Translation

And the messenger of Jehovah will say to her, Multiplying, I will multiply thy seed, and it shall not be counted for multitude.

King James 2000

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, that they shall not be numbered for multitude.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the angel of Yahweh said to her, "{I will greatly multiply} your offspring, so that they cannot be counted for [their] abundance."

Modern King James verseion

And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will multiply your seed exceedingly, so that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, "I will so increase thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude."

NET Bible

I will greatly multiply your descendants," the Lord's angel added, "so that they will be too numerous to count."

New Heart English Bible

The angel of the LORD said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."

The Emphasized Bible

And the messenger of Yahweh said to her, I will, greatly multiply, thy seed - so that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Webster

And the angel of the LORD said to her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

World English Bible

The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."

Youngs Literal Translation

and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, 'Multiplying I multiply thy seed, and it is not numbered from multitude;'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the angel
מלאך 
Mal'ak 
Usage: 213

of the Lord

Usage: 0

unto her, I will multiply
רבה 
Rabah 
Usage: 224

זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

References

Context Readings

Hagar And The Angel Of Yahweh

9 The Angel of the Lord said to her, “Go back to your mistress, and submit humbly to her authority.” 10 Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count.” 11 The Angel of the Lord continued,

“Behold, you are with child,
And you will bear a son;
And you shall name him Ishmael (God hears),
Because the Lord has heard and paid attention to your persecution (suffering).


Cross References

Genesis 17:20

As for Ishmael, I have heard and listened to you; behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful and will greatly multiply him [through his descendants]. He will be the father of twelve princes (chieftains, sheiks), and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 21:13

And I will also make a nation of [Ishmael] the son of the maid, because he is your descendant.”

Genesis 22:15-18

The Angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time

Genesis 25:12-18

Now these are the records of the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maid, bore to Abraham;

Genesis 21:16

Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “Do not let me see the boy die.” And as she sat down opposite him, she raised her voice and wept.

Genesis 21:18

Get up, help the boy up, and hold him by the hand, for I will make him a great nation.”

Genesis 31:11-13

And the Angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob.’ And I said, ‘Here I am.’

Genesis 32:24-30

So Jacob was left alone, and a Man [came and] wrestled with him until daybreak.

Genesis 48:15-16

Then Jacob (Israel) blessed Joseph, and said,

“The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked [in faithful obedience],
The God who has been my Shepherd [leading and caring for me] all my life to this day,

Exodus 3:2-6

The Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing flame of fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was on fire, yet it was not consumed.

Judges 2:1-3

Now the Angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up from Egypt and led you to the land which I swore [to give] to your fathers; and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,

Judges 6:11

Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, and his son Gideon was beating wheat in the wine press [instead of the threshing floor] to [hide it and] save it from the Midianites.

Judges 6:16

The Lord answered him, “I will certainly be with you, and you will strike down the Midianites as [if they were only] one man.”

Judges 6:21-24

Then the Angel of the Lord put out the end of the staff that was in His hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire flared up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the Angel of the Lord vanished from his sight.

Judges 13:16-22

The Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “Though you detain me, I will not eat your food, but if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the Lord.” For Manoah did not know that he was the Angel of the Lord.

Psalm 83:6-7


The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Of Moab and the Hagrites,

Isaiah 63:9


In all their distress He was distressed,
And the angel of His presence saved them,
In His love and in His compassion He redeemed them;
And He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Hosea 12:3-5


In their mother’s womb he took his brother by the heel,
And in his maturity he contended with God.

Zechariah 2:8-9

For thus says the Lord of hosts, “After glory He has sent Me against the nations which plunder you—for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.

Malachi 3:1

“Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will prepare and clear the way before Me. And the Lord [the Messiah], whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts.

John 1:18

No one has seen God [His essence, His divine nature] at any time; the [One and] only begotten God [that is, the unique Son] who is in the intimate presence of the Father, He has explained Him [and interpreted and revealed the awesome wonder of the Father].

Acts 7:30-38

“After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn bush.

1 Timothy 6:16

He alone possesses immortality [absolute exemption from death] and lives in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal power and dominion! Amen.

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