Genesis 16:10 “Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that…”

Genesis 16:10

Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

The LORD’s angel said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, that they will not be counted 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Againe the Angel of the Lord saide vnto her, I will so greatly increase thy seede, that it shall not be numbred for multitude.

Darby Translation

And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Young's Literal Translation

and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, 'Multiplying I multiply thy seed, and it is not numbered from multitude;'

Bible in Basic English

And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.

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Cross references

“the angel”

Genesis 22:15–18 Genesis 31:11–13 Genesis 32:24–30 Exodus 3:2–6 Judges 2:1–3 Judges 6:11

Genesis 22:15–18 · BSB

And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,

Genesis 31:11–13 · BSB

In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’

Genesis 32:24–30 · BSB

So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

Exodus 3:2–6 · BSB

There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.

Judges 2:1–3 · BSB

Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,

Judges 6:11 · BSB

Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

“I will”

Genesis 17:20 Genesis 21:13 Genesis 25:12–18 Genesis 21:16 Psalm 83:6 Psalm 83:7

Genesis 17:20 · BSB

As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 21:13 · BSB

But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”

Genesis 25:12–18 · BSB

This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.

Genesis 21:16 · BSB

Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.

Psalm 83:6 · BSB

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

Psalm 83:7 · BSB

of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.

Also

Genesis 21:18

Genesis 21:18 · BSB

Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”

11The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.

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