Parallel Verses
NET Bible
I will greatly multiply your descendants," the Lord's angel added, "so that they will be too numerous to count."
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.
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."
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
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Rabah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 16:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hagar And The Angel Of Yahweh
9 Then the Lord's angel said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her authority. 10 I will greatly multiply your descendants," the Lord's angel added, "so that they will be too numerous to count." 11 Then the Lord's angel said to her, "You are now pregnant and are about to give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard your painful groans.
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Cross References
Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.
Genesis 21:13
But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too."
Genesis 22:15-18
The Lord's angel called to Abraham a second time from heaven
Genesis 25:12-18
This is the account of Abraham's son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham.
Genesis 21:16
Then she went and sat down by herself across from him at quite a distance, about a bowshot away; for she thought, "I refuse to watch the child die." So she sat across from him and wept uncontrollably.
Genesis 21:18
Get up! Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation."
Genesis 31:11-13
In the dream the angel of God said to me, 'Jacob!' 'Here I am!' I replied.
Genesis 32:24-30
So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
Genesis 48:15-16
Then he blessed Joseph and said, "May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked -- the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,
Exodus 3:2-6
The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. He looked -- and the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being consumed!
Judges 2:1-3
The Lord's angelic messenger went up from Gilgal to Bokim. He said, "I brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land I had solemnly promised to give to your ancestors. I said, 'I will never break my agreement with you,
Judges 6:11
The Lord's angelic messenger came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash's son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites.
Judges 6:16
The Lord said to him, "Ah, but I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army."
Judges 6:21-24
The Lord's messenger touched the meat and the unleavened bread with the tip of his staff. Fire flared up from the rock and consumed the meat and unleavened bread. The Lord's messenger then disappeared.
Judges 13:16-22
The Lord's messenger said to Manoah, "If I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to make a burnt sacrifice to the Lord, you should offer it." (He said this because Manoah did not know that he was the Lord's messenger.)
Psalm 83:6-7
It includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
Isaiah 63:9
Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. The messenger sent from his very presence delivered them. In his love and mercy he protected them; he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times.
Hosea 12:3-5
In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled with God.
Zechariah 2:8-9
For the Lord who rules over all says to me that for his own glory he has sent me to the nations that plundered you -- for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of his eye.
Malachi 3:1
"I am about to send my messenger, who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you long for, is certainly coming," says the Lord who rules over all.
John 1:18
No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.
Acts 7:30-38
"After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.
1 Timothy 6:16
He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.