Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, 'Multiplying I multiply thy seed, and it is not numbered from 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.
World English Bible
The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for 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 And the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, 'Turn back unto thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hands;' 10 and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, 'Multiplying I multiply thy seed, and it is not numbered from multitude;' 11 and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, 'Behold thou art conceiving, and bearing a son, and hast called his name Ishmael, for Jehovah hath hearkened unto thine affliction;
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Cross References
Genesis 17:20
As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become a great nation;
Genesis 21:13
As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he is thy seed.'
Genesis 22:15-18
And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto Abraham a second time from the heavens,
Genesis 25:12-18
And these are births of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, hath borne to Abraham;
Genesis 21:16
And she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against, afar off, about a bow-shot, for she said, 'Let me not look on the death of the lad;' and she sitteth over-against, and lifteth up her voice, and weepeth.
Genesis 21:18
rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.'
Genesis 31:11-13
and the messenger of God saith unto me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here am I.
Genesis 32:24-30
And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn;
Genesis 48:15-16
And he blesseth Joseph, and saith, 'God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked habitually: God who is feeding me from my being unto this day:
Exodus 3:2-6
and there appeareth unto him a messenger of Jehovah in a flame of fire, out of the midst of the bush, and he seeth, and lo, the bush is burning with fire, and the bush is not consumed.
Judges 2:1-3
And a messenger of Jehovah goeth up from Gilgal unto Bochim,
Judges 6:11
And the messenger of Jehovah cometh and sitteth under the oak which is in Ophrah, which is to Joash the Abi-Ezrite, and Gideon his son is beating out wheat in the wine-press, to remove it from the presence of the Midianites;
Judges 6:16
And Jehovah saith unto him, 'Because I am with thee -- thou hast smitten the Midianites as one man.'
Judges 6:21-24
And the messenger of Jehovah putteth forth the end of the staff which is in His hand, and cometh against the flesh, and against the unleavened things, and the fire goeth up out of the rock and consumeth the flesh and the unleavened things -- and the messenger of Jehovah hath gone from his eyes.
Judges 13:16-22
And the messenger of Jehovah saith unto Manoah, 'If thou detain me -- I do not eat of thy bread; and if thou prepare a burnt-offering -- to Jehovah thou dost offer it;' for Manoah hath not known that He is a messenger of Jehovah.
Psalm 83:6-7
Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,
Isaiah 63:9
In all their distress He is no adversary, And the messenger of His presence saved them, In His love and in His pity He redeemed them, And He doth lift them up, And beareth them all the days of old.
Hosea 12:3-5
In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,
Zechariah 2:8-9
For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: After honour He hath sent me unto the nations who are spoiling you, For he who is coming against you, Is coming against the daughter of His eye.
Malachi 3:1
Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts.
John 1:18
God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father -- he did declare.
Acts 7:30-38
and forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai a messenger of the Lord, in a flame of fire of a bush,
1 Timothy 6:16
who only is having immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no one of men did see, nor is able to see, to whom is honour and might age-during! Amen.