Parallel Verses

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.”

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.

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.

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.”

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 Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “You must go back to your mistress and submit to her mistreatment.” 10 The Angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count.” 11 Then the Angel of the Lord said to her:

You have conceived and will have a son.
You will name him Ishmael,
for the Lord has heard your cry of affliction.


Cross References

Genesis 17:20

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father 12 tribal leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 21:13

But I will also make a nation of the slave’s son because he is your offspring.”

Genesis 22:15-18

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

Genesis 25:12-18

These are the family records of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave, bore to Abraham.

Genesis 21:16

Then she went and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I can’t bear to watch the boy die!” So as she sat nearby, she wept loudly.

Genesis 21:18

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

Genesis 31:11-13

In that dream the Angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ and I said, ‘Here I am.’

Genesis 32:24-30

Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

Genesis 48:15-16

Then he blessed Joseph and said:

The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

Exodus 3:2-6

Then the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire within a bush. As Moses looked, he saw that the bush was on fire but was not consumed.

Judges 2:1-3

The Angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you out of Egypt and led you into the land I had promised to your fathers. I also said: I will never break My covenant with you.

Judges 6:11

The Angel of the Lord came, and He sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash, the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was threshing wheat in the wine vat in order to hide it from the Midianites.

Judges 6:16

“But I will be with you,” the Lord said to him. “You will strike Midian down as if it were one man.”

Judges 6:21-24

The Angel of the Lord extended the tip of the staff that was in His hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. Fire came 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 him, “If I stay, I won’t eat your food. But if you want to prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the Lord.” For Manoah did not know He was the Angel of the Lord.

Psalm 83:6-7

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

Isaiah 63:9

In all their suffering, He suffered,
and the Angel of His Presence saved them.
He redeemed them
because of His love and compassion;
He lifted them up and carried them
all the days of the past.

Hosea 12:3-5

In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel,
and as an adult he wrestled with God.

Zechariah 2:8-9

For the Lord of Hosts says this: “He has sent Me for His glory against the nations who are plundering you, for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of His eye.

Malachi 3:1

“See, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. Then the Lord you seek will suddenly come to His temple, the Messenger of the covenant you desire—see, He is coming,” says the Lord of Hosts.

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God.
The One and Only Son
the One who is at the Father’s side
He has revealed Him.

Acts 7:30-38

After 40 years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

1 Timothy 6:16

the only One who has immortality,
dwelling in unapproachable light;
no one has seen or can see Him,
to Him be honor and eternal might.
Amen.

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