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Then[a] the angel of Yahweh said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit yourself under her authority.”[b] 10 And the angel of Yahweh said to her, “I will greatly multiply[c] your offspring, so that they cannot be counted for their abundance.” 11 And the angel of Yahweh said to her:

“Behold, you are pregnant
    and shall have a son.
And you shall call his name Ishmael,
    for Yahweh has listened to your suffering.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:9 Or “And”
  2. Genesis 16:9 Literally “her hand”
  3. Genesis 16:10 Literally “multiplying I will multiply”