Genesis 16
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Genesis 16:8-12

8He saidH559, “HagarH1904, Sarai’sH8297 maidH8198, 1whereH335H2088 have you comeH935 from and whereH575 are you goingH1980?” And she saidH559, “I am fleeingH1272 from the presenceH6440 of my mistressH1404 SaraiH8297.” 9Then the angelH4397 of the LordH3068 saidH559 to her, “ReturnH7725 to your mistressH1404, and submitH6031 yourself 2to her authorityH3027.” 10Moreover, the 3angelH4397 of the LordH3068 saidH559 to her, “4I will greatlyH7235 multiplyH7235 your 5descendantsH2233 so that 6they will be tooH3808 manyH7230 to countH5608.” 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 7IshmaelH3458, BecauseH3588 8the LordH3068 9has givenH8085 heedH8085 to your afflictionH6040.12He will be a 10wildH6501 donkeyH6501 of a manH120, His handH3027 will be against everyoneH3605, And everyone’sH3605 handH3027 will be against him; And he will 11liveH7931 1213to the eastH6440 of allH3605 his brothersH251.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 16:8 Gen 3:9; 1 Kin 19:9, 13 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 16:9 Lit under her hands ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 16:10 Gen 22:15-18 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 16:10 Gen 17:20 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 16:10 Lit seed ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 16:10 Or it shall not be counted for multitude ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 16:11 I.e. God hears ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 16:11 Ex 2:23, 24; 3:7, 9 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 16:11 Lit has heard ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 16:12 Job 24:5; 39:5-8 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 16:12 Lit dwell ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 16:12 Lit before the face of; or in defiance of ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 16:12 Gen 25:18 ↩

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