Genesis 16:10
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New International Version (©2011)
The angel added, "I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count."

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then he added, "I will give you more descendants than you can count."

English Standard Version (©2001)
The angel of the LORD also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Moreover, the angel of the LORD said to her, "I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The Angel of the LORD also said to her, "I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count."

International Standard Version (©2012)
The angel of the LORD also told her, "I will greatly multiply your offspring, who will be too many to count.

NET Bible (©2006)
I will greatly multiply your descendants," the LORD's angel added, "so that they will be too numerous to count."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
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."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, that they shall not be numbered for multitude.

American King James Version
And the angel of the LORD said to her, I will multiply your seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And the angel of the LORD said to her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

World English Bible
The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will 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;'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

16:7-16 Hagar was out of her place, and out of the way of her duty, and going further astray, when the Angel found her. It is a great mercy to be stopped in a sinful way, either by conscience or by providence. Whence comest thou? Consider that thou art running from duty, and the privileges thou wast blest with in Abram's tent. It is good to live in a religious family, which those ought to consider who have this advantage. Whither wilt thou go? Thou art running into sin; if Hagar return to Egypt, she will return to idol gods, and into danger in the wilderness through which she must travel. Recollecting who we are, would often teach us our duty. Inquiring whence we came, would show us our sin and folly. Considering whither we shall go, discovers our danger and misery. And those who leave their space and duty, must hasten their return, how mortifying soever it be. The declaration of the Angel, I will, shows this Angel was the eternal Word and Son of God. Hagar could not but admire the Lord's mercy, and feel, Have I, who am so unworthy, been favoured with a gracious visit from the Lord? She was brought to a better temper, returned, and by her behaviour softened Sarai, and received more gentle treatment. Would that we were always suitably impressed with this thought, Thou God seest me!

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 10. - And the angel of the Lord said unto her (after duty, promise), I will multiply thy seed exceedingly (literally, multiplying I will multiply thy seed; language altogether inappropriate in the lips of a creature), that (literally, and) it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the angel of the Lord said unto her,.... The same as before, who, by what follows, appears to be Jehovah himself:

I will multiply thy seed exceedingly; not that she should have many children herself, for that she had more than this one she now went with, is not certain; but that that seed she had conceived should be exceedingly multiplied, and he should have a numerous posterity, as he had twelve princes sprung from him, the heads of Arab nations:

that it shall not be numbered for multitude; such the Turks are at this day, supposed to be the seed of Ishmael, Hagar's son.

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Sarah, Hagar and Ishmael
…9And the angel of the LORD said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands. 10And the angel of the LORD said to her, I will multiply your seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 11And the angel of the LORD said to her, Behold, you are with child and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael; because the LORD has heard your affliction. …

Genesis 13:16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.
Genesis 16:9 Then the angel of the LORD told her, "Go back to your mistress and submit to her."
Genesis 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
Genesis 21:13 I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring."
Genesis 21:18 Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation."
Genesis 22:15 The angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time