Chapter 16
Genesis 16:10
RBT Hebrew Literal:
And a messenger of Yahweh is saying to her, `Abounding I am abounding your seed, and he is not being recorded from an abundance.`601
Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And the messenger of Jehovah will say to her, Multiplying, I will multiply thy seed, and it shall not be counted for multitude.
And the messenger of Jehovah will say to her, Multiplying, I will multiply thy seed, and it shall not be counted for multitude.
LITV Translation:
And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will exceedingly multiply your seed, so that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will exceedingly multiply your seed, so that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
ESV Translation:
The angel of the LORD also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”
The angel of the LORD also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And the angel of the Lord said to her, I will surely multiply thy seed, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.
And the angel of the Lord said to her, I will surely multiply thy seed, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Footnotes
| 601 | Hebrew הַרְבָּ֤ה אַרְבֶּה֙, harbah arbeh. Abounding I am abounding. The same phrase is found in only one other place: “Toward the Woman he has said, `Abounding I am abounding your painful one and your conceiving one, in pain are you bearing builders…” Genesis 3:16 literal The dust are “counted” (Gen. 13:16), the stars are “recorded” (Gen. 15:5), and the seed of Hagar are “not recorded”. |