Genesis 16
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Genesis 16:9-13

9So the angelH4397 of the LordH3068 saidH559 to her, “ReturnH7725 to your mistressH1404, and submitH6031 1to her authorityH3027.” 10The 2angelH4397 of the LordH3068 also saidH559 to her, “3I will greatlyH7235 multiplyH7235 your 4descendantsH2233 so that 5they will be tooH3808 manyH7230 to countH5608.” 11The angelH4397 of the LordH3068 saidH559 to her further, “BeholdH2009, you are pregnantH2030, And you will giveH3205 birthH3205 to a sonH1121; And you shall nameH7121H8034 him 6IshmaelH3458, BecauseH3588 7the LordH3068 has heardH8085 your afflictionH6040.12But he will be a 8wildH6501 donkeyH6501 of a manH120; His handH3027 will be against everyoneH3605, And everyone’sH3605 handH3027 will be against him; And he will liveH7931 910inH5921H6440 defianceH5921H6440 of allH3605 his brothersH251.” 13Then she calledH7121 the nameH8034 of the LordH3068 who spokeH1696 to her, “11You are 12a GodH410 whoH7210 seesH7200 me”; for she saidH559, “13Have I evenH1571 seenH7200 Him hereH1988 and lived afterH310 14He sawH7210 me?”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 16:9 Lit under her hands ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 16:10 Gen 22:15-18 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 16:10 Gen 17:20 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 16:10 Lit seed ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 16:10 Lit they shall not be counted for multitude ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 16:11 I.e., God hears ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 16:11 Ex 2:23, 24; 3:7, 9 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 16:12 Job 24:5; 39:5-8 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 16:12 Lit before the face of; or opposite ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 16:12 Gen 25:18 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 16:13 Or You, God, see me ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 16:13 Heb Elroi ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 16:13 Gen 32:30; Ps 139:1-12 ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 16:13 Lit His seeing me ↩

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