Genesis 16:10

Then the angel said, “I am going to make the family that will come from you so big that no-one will be able to count them.

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In The 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.

In Context

9The angel said to her, “I want you to go back to Sarai. She owns you, and so you must do what she says.”

11You are going to have a baby boy. I want you to name him Ishmael, which means God listens. God has heard about your trouble.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:20Abraham, you asked me about Ishmael. I will do good things for him too. I will make a way for him to have a really big family and 12 leaders will come from that family. In that way Ishmael's family will become a great nation.

Genesis 22:15God's angel called out to Abraham from heaven a second time and said, “Abraham, I make my promise with you again. I saw that you were ready to give your son, your only son, to me.

Genesis 31:11While I was looking, God's angel spoke to me in that dream. He said, ‘Jacob.’ And I answered, ‘Yes I am listening.’

Genesis 48:15Then he blessed them. He prayed and said, “O God, you are the God that my grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac believed in. They trusted you and followed you, You have led me and helped me all my life.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 16:8-10

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. Here is the first mention we have in scripture of an angel's appearance. Hagar was a type of the law, which was given by the disposition of angels; but the world… Read the whole commentary →

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