Genesis 16
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Genesis 16:11-12

11The angelH4397 of the LordH3068 saidH559 to her further, “BeholdH2009, you are with childH2030, And you will bearH3205 a sonH1121; And you shall callH7121 his nameH8034 1IshmaelH3458, BecauseH3588 2the LordH3068 3has givenH8085 heedH8085 to your afflictionH6040.12He will be a 4wildH6501 donkeyH6501 of a manH120, His handH3027 will be against everyoneH3605, And everyone’sH3605 handH3027 will be against him; And he will 5liveH7931 67to the eastH6440 of allH3605 his brothersH251.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 16:11 I.e. God hears ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 16:11 Ex 2:23, 24; 3:7, 9 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 16:11 Lit has heard ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 16:12 Job 24:5; 39:5-8 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 16:12 Lit dwell ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 16:12 Lit before the face of; or in defiance of ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 16:12 Gen 25:18 ↩

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