Parallel Verses
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."
New American Standard Bible
Moreover, the
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,
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.
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
Rabah
Zera`
Rabah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 16:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hagar And The Angel Of Yahweh
9 Then the angel of Yahweh said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit yourself under {her authority}." 10 And the angel of Yahweh said to her, "{I will greatly multiply} your offspring, so that they cannot be counted for [their] abundance." 11 And the angel of Yahweh said to her: "Behold, you are pregnant and shall have a son. And you shall call his name Ishmael, for Yahweh has listened to your suffering.
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Cross References
Genesis 17:20
And [as for] Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I will bless him and I will make him fruitful, and I will multiply him {exceedingly}. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 21:13
And I will also make the son of the slave woman into a nation, for he is your offspring."
Genesis 22:15-18
And the angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time from heaven.
Genesis 25:12-18
Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, that Hagar the Egyptian, the maidservant of Sarah, bore to Abraham.
Genesis 21:16
And she went and {she sat a good distance away}, for she said, "Let me not see the child's death." So she sat away from him and lifted up her voice and wept.
Genesis 21:18
Get up, take up the boy and take him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation."
Genesis 31:11-13
Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said, 'Here I [am].'
Genesis 32:24-30
And Jacob remained alone, and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the dawn.
Genesis 48:15-16
And he blessed Joseph and said, "The God before whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, walked, The God who shepherded me {all my life} unto this day,
Exodus 3:2-6
And the angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush, and he looked, and there was the bush burning with fire, but the bush was not being consumed.
Judges 2:1-3
And the angel of Yahweh went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, "I brought you up from Egypt, and I brought you to the land that I had promised to your ancestors. I said, 'I will never break my covenant with you.
Judges 6:11
The angel of Yahweh came and sat under the oak that [was] at Ophrah that belonged to Jehoash [the] Abiezrite; and Gideon his son [was] threshing wheat in the winepress to hide [it] from the Midianites.
Judges 6:16
And Yahweh said to him, "But I will be with you, and you will defeat Midian {as if they are one man}."
Judges 6:21-24
Then the angel of Yahweh reached out the tip of the staff that [was] in his hand, and he touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and fire went up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. And the angel of Yahweh went {from his sight}.
Judges 13:16-22
The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, "If you keep me, I will not eat your food, but if you prepare a burnt offering for Yahweh, you can offer it (for Manoah did not know that he [was] an angel of Yahweh)."
Psalm 83:6-7
the tents of Edom and [the] Ishmaelites, Moab and [the] Hagrites,
Isaiah 63:9
In all their distress, {there was no distress}, and the messenger of his {presence} saved them, in his love and compassion he himself redeemed them, and he lifted them up, and he supported them all [the] days of old.
Hosea 12:3-5
In the womb he deceived his brother, and in his manhood he struggled with God.
Zechariah 2:8-9
For thus said Yahweh of hosts, after glory he sent me against the nations plundering you: Truly, the one touching you [is] touching the apple of his eye.
Malachi 3:1
"Look! I [am] going to send my messenger, and he will prepare [the] way {before me}. And the Lord whom you [are] seeking will come suddenly to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, [in] whom you [are] taking pleasure--look!--[he is] about to come," says Yahweh of hosts.
John 1:18
No one has seen God at any time; the one and only, God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father--that one has made [him] known.
Acts 7:30-38
"And [when] forty years had been completed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai in the flame of a burning bush.
1 Timothy 6:16
the [one who] alone possesses immortality, who lives [in] unapproachable light, whom no human being has seen nor is able to see, to whom [be] honor and eternal power. Amen.