Genesis 16:10
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.
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”
- KJV
- And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
- WEB
- The LORD’s angel said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, that they will not be counted for multitude.”
- ASV
- And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
- DARBY
- And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
- BLB
- And the angel of YHWH said to her, “I will greatly multiply your seed, and it shall not be counted for multitude.”
- ÅB
- Og Herrens engel sa til henne: Jeg vil gjøre dine etterkommere så tallrike at de ikke skal kunne telles for mengde.
- OTB
- Engelen la til: "Jeg vil i stor grad øke dine etterkommere så de blir for tallrike til å telle."
- B1930
- Og Herrens engel sa til henne: Jeg vil gjøre din ætt så tallrik at den ikke skal kunne telles for mengde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 17:20
And 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.
Read in contextPsalms 83:6–7
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
Read in contextGenesis 21:18
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
Read in contextGenesis 21:13
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
Read in contextGenesis 25:12–18
Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
Read in contextGenesis 22:15–18
And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
Read in contextActs 7:30–38
And 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.
Read in contextJohn 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
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