Parallel Verses
World English Bible
The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."
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."
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.
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 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands." 10 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude." 11 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction.
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Cross References
Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 21:13
I will also make a nation of the son of the handmaid, because he is your seed."
Genesis 22:15-18
The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,
Genesis 25:12-18
Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham.
Genesis 21:16
She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, "Don't let me see the death of the child." She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
Genesis 21:18
Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation."
Genesis 31:11-13
The angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said, 'Here I am.'
Genesis 32:24-30
Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
Genesis 48:15-16
He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
Exodus 3:2-6
The angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Judges 2:1-3
The angel of Yahweh came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, "I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said, 'I will never break my covenant with you:
Judges 6:11
The angel of Yahweh came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
Judges 6:16
Yahweh said to him, "Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man."
Judges 6:21-24
Then the angel of Yahweh stretched out the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and fire went up out of the rock, and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Yahweh departed out of his sight.
Judges 13:16-22
The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, "Though you detain me, I won't eat of your bread; and if you will prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh." For Manoah didn't know that he was the angel of Yahweh.
Psalm 83:6-7
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
Hosea 12:3-5
In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he contended with God.
Zechariah 2:8-9
For thus says Yahweh of Armies: 'For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.
Malachi 3:1
"Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!" says Yahweh of Armies.
John 1:18
No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
Acts 7:30-38
"When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
1 Timothy 6:16
who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.