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Genesis 16:10
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KJ21
And the angel of the Lord said unto her, “I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered 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.
AMP
Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count.”
AMPC
Also the Angel of the Lord said to her, I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be numbered for multitude.
BRG
And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
CSB
The angel of the Lord said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count.”
CSBA
The angel of the Lord said to her, ‘I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count.’
CEB
The Lord’s messenger also said to her, “I will give you many children, so many they can’t be counted!”
CJB
The angel of Adonai said to her, “I will greatly increase your descendants; there will be so many that it will be impossible to count them.”
CEV
I will give you a son, who will be called Ishmael, because I have heard your cry for help. And someday I will give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all.
DARBY
And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
DRA
And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.
ERV
The angel of the Lord also said, “From you will come many people—too many people to count.”
EASY
The angel also said, ‘I will make the number of your descendants become very many. They will be too many for people to count.’
EHV
The Angel of the Lord said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants, so that they will be too many to count.”
ESV
The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”
ESVUK
The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”
EXB
The angel of the Lord also said, “I will ·give you so many descendants [L greatly multiply your seed so that] they cannot be counted.”
GNV
Again the Angel of the Lord said unto her, I will so greatly increase thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
GW
The Messenger of the Lord also said to her, “I will give you many descendants. No one will be able to count them because there will be so many.”
GNT
Then he said, “I will give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them.
HCSB
The Angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count.”
ICB
The angel of the Lord also said, “I will give you so many descendants they cannot be counted.”
ISV
The angel of the Lord also told her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, who will be too many to count.
JUB
¶ And the angel of the LORD also said unto her, I will multiply thy seed so exceedingly that it shall not be numbered for the multitude.
KJV
And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
AKJV
And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
LSB
Moreover, the angel of Yahweh said to her, “I will greatly multiply your seed so that they will be too many to be counted.”
LEB
And the angel of Yahweh said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, so that they cannot be counted for their abundance.”
TLB
The Angel: “Return to your mistress and act as you should, for I will make you into a great nation. Yes, you are pregnant and your baby will be a son, and you are to name him Ishmael (‘God hears’), because God has heard your woes. This son of yours will be a wild one—free and untamed as a wild ass! He will be against everyone, and everyone will feel the same toward him. But he will live near the rest of his kin.”
MSG
The angel of God said, “Go back to your mistress. Put up with her abuse.” He continued, “I’m going to give you a big family, children past counting. From this pregnancy, you’ll get a son: Name him Ishmael; for God heard you, God answered you. He’ll be a bucking bronco of a man, a real fighter, fighting and being fought, Always stirring up trouble, always at odds with his family.”
MEV
The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly so that they will be too many to count.”
NOG
The Messenger of Yahweh also said to her, “I will give you many descendants. No one will be able to count them because there will be so many.”
NABRE
I will make your descendants so numerous,” added the Lord’s angel, “that they will be too many to count.”
NASB
The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count.”
NASB1995
Moreover, the angel of the Lord said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count.”
NCB
The angel of the Lord continued, “I will multiply the number of your descendants so much that you will not be able to count them.”
NCV
The angel also said, “I will give you so many descendants they cannot be counted.”
NET
I will greatly multiply your descendants,” the angel of the Lord added, “so that they will be too numerous to count.”
NIRV
The angel continued, “I will give you and your family many children. There will be more of them than anyone can count.”
NIV
The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”
NIVUK
The angel added, ‘I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.’
NKJV
Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.”
NLV
The angel of the Lord said to her, “I will give you so many people in your family through the years that they will be too many to number.”
NLT
Then he added, “I will give you more descendants than you can count.”
NRSVA
The angel of the Lord also said to her, ‘I will so greatly multiply your offspring that they cannot be counted for multitude.’
NRSVACE
The angel of the Lord also said to her, ‘I will so greatly multiply your offspring that they cannot be counted for multitude.’
NRSVCE
The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will so greatly multiply your offspring that they cannot be counted for multitude.”
NRSVUE
The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will so greatly multiply your offspring that they cannot be counted for multitude.”
OJB
And the Malach Hashem said unto her, I will multiply thy zera exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
RGT
Again, the Angel of the LORD said to her, “I will so greatly increase your seed that it shall not be numbered for multitude.”
RSV
The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will so greatly multiply your descendants that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”
RSVCE
The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will so greatly multiply your descendants that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”
TLV
Then the angel of Adonai said to her, “I will bountifully multiply your seed, and they will be too many to count.”
VOICE
Trust me: I am going to give you many children and many descendants, so many you won’t be able to count them!
WEB
Yahweh’s angel said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, that they will not be counted for multitude.”
WYC
And again he said, I multiplying shall multiply thy seed, and it shall not be numbered for multitude. (And again he said, I multiplying shall multiply thy descendants, and they shall not be able to be counted for all their multitude.)
YLT
and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Multiplying I multiply thy seed, and it is not numbered from multitude;'
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