KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 16:10
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”
WEB World English Bible
The angel of Yahweh said to her, “I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude.”
ASV 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, ‘Multiplying I multiply thy seed, and it is not numbered from multitude;’
Surrounding context — Genesis 16
7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou [art] with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand [will be] against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayלָהּ֙H9034 · haherמַלְאַ֣ךְH4397 · ma.le.akhmessengerיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDהַרְבָּ֥הH7235 · ra.vahto multiplyאַרְבֶּ֖הH7235 · ra.vahto multiplyאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]זַרְעֵ֑ךְH2233 · ze.raseedוְלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotיִסָּפֵ֖רH5608 · sa.pharto recountמֵרֹֽב׃H7230 · rovabundance
Cross-references
Genesis 17:20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.Psalm 83:6-7The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;Genesis 21:13And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he [is] thy seed.Genesis 21:18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.Genesis 22:15-18And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,Genesis 25:12-18Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:Zechariah 2:8-9For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.Judges 6:11And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which [was] in Ophrah, that [pertained] unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide [it] from the Midianites.Genesis 32:24-30And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].Acts 7:30-38And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.Judges 2:1-3And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.Judges 6:21-24Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that [was] in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.Genesis 48:15-16And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,Judges 13:16-22And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he [was] an angel of the LORD.Malachi 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.Exodus 3:2-6And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed.Hosea 12:3-5He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
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