Parallel Verses

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.

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 Jehovah told her: Go back to your mistress and submit to her. 10 Moreover, the angel of the Lord said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count.” 11 Jehovah's angel also said: You are now with child and you will have a son. You shall name him Ishmael (means: God hears). Jehovah has heard of your misery.

Cross References

Genesis 17:20

Concerning Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him. I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 21:13

I will make the slave's son into a nation also, because he is your child.

Genesis 22:15-18

The angel of Jehovah called to Abraham from heaven a second time.

Genesis 25:12-18

This is the genealogy of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maid, bore to Abraham.

Genesis 21:16

She sat across from him at a distance. She thought: I cannot watch the boy die. She sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice and wept.

Genesis 21:18

Arise, lift up the lad. Hold him by the hand. I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 31:11-13

Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob.' I said, here I am.

Genesis 32:24-30

Then Jacob was by himself. A man was fighting with him till dawn.

Genesis 48:15-16

Jacob blessed Joseph. He said: May God, in whose presence my grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac walked, may this God who has been my shepherd all my life to this very day,

Exodus 3:2-6

There the angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire coming from the middle of a bush. Moses saw that the bush was on fire but that it was not burning up.

Judges 2:1-3

An angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said: I led you out of Egypt and brought you to the land about which I swore to your fathers that I would never break my covenant with you.

Judges 6:11

The angel of Jehovah came to the village of Ophrah. He sat under the oak tree that belonged to Joash, a man of the clan of Abiezer. His son Gideon was secretly threshing wheat in a wine press, so that the Midianites would not see him.

Judges 6:16

Jehovah answered: You can do it. I will help you. You will crush the Midianites as easily as if they were only one man.

Judges 6:21-24

Jehovah's angel reached out and touched the meat and the bread with the end of the stick he was holding. Fire came out of the rock and burned up the meat and the bread. Then the angel disappeared.

Judges 13:16-22

The angel replied: If I stay I will not eat your food. But if you want to prepare it, burn it as an offering to Jehovah.

Psalm 83:6-7

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

Isaiah 63:9

In all their difficulty he was concerned, and he was the messenger who saved them. In his love and compassion he reclaimed (redeemed) them. He always held them and carried them in the past.

Hosea 12:3-5

Their ancestor Jacob held on to his brother's heel while the two of them were in their mother's womb. When Jacob became a man, he struggled with God.

Zechariah 2:8-9

Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: 'He sent me after glory! He sent me to the nations that plundered you. For he that touches you touches the pupil of his eye.'

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I send my messenger! He will prepare the way before me. Seek Jehovah! He will suddenly come to his Temple along with the messenger of the covenant. He is one you desire, behold, he comes, said Jehovah of Hosts.

John 1:18

No man has ever seen God. The only begotten God-like one who is closest to the Father (in the bosom of the Father) tells us about him. (Psalm 8:5)

Acts 7:30-38

At the end of forty years, Jehovah's angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai in a flame of fire in a bush. (Exodus 3:3)

1 Timothy 6:16

Only God has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light. No man has seen him, nor can see him. To him be honor and power forever. Amen.

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