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Then the angel of Yahweh said to her, “Return to your mistress and [a]humble yourself under her hands.” 10 Moreover, the (A)angel of Yahweh said to her, “(B)I will greatly multiply your seed so that [b]they will be too many to be counted.” 11 And the angel of Yahweh said to her further,

“Behold, you [c]are with child,
And you will bear a son;
And you shall call his name [d]Ishmael,
Because (C)Yahweh has heard your affliction.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:9 Lit afflict, cf. 16:6
  2. Genesis 16:10 Or it shall not be counted for multitude
  3. Genesis 16:11 Or have conceived, cf. 3:16; 21:2; 25:21; Ex 2:2; 1 Sam 1:20; Luke 1:31, 36
  4. Genesis 16:11 Lit God hears