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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.

KJV

Et rursum : Multiplicans, inquit, multiplicabo semen tuum, et non numerabitur præ multitudine.

Vulgate

⸂⸆⸃ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου Πληθύνων πληθυνῶ τὸ σπέρμα σου, καὶ οὐκ ἀριθμήσεται ἀπὸ τοῦ πλήθους.

LXX

And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר לָ/הּ֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה הַרְבָּ֥ה אַרְבֶּ֖ה אֶת זַרְעֵ֑/ךְ וְ/לֹ֥א יִסָּפֵ֖ר מֵ/רֹֽב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַלְאַ֣ךְ
ml'k
noun · 212×
סֹּפֵ֔ר
spr
verb · 161×
רֹ֣ב
rb
noun · 149×

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 15:5 — And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 18:10 — And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
  • Gen 21:13 — And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
  • Gen 21:13 — And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
  • Gen 21:18 — Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
  • Gen 21:18 — Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
  • Gen 22:15 — And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
  • Gen 25:12 — Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
  • Gen 25:12 — Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
  • Ps 83:6 — The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;