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Genesis 16:10-12
Contemporary English Version
Genesis 16:10-12
Contemporary English Version
10-11 I will give you a son, who will be called Ishmael,[a] because I have heard your cry for help. And someday I will give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all. 12 But your son will live far from his relatives; he will be like a wild donkey, fighting everyone, and everyone fighting him.”
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- 16.10,11 Ishmael: In Hebrew “Ishmael” sounds like “God hears.”
Genesis 16:10-12
New International Version
Genesis 16:10-12
New International Version
10 The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”(A)
11 The angel of the Lord(B) also said to her:
“You are now pregnant
and you will give birth to a son.(C)
You shall name him(D) Ishmael,[a](E)
for the Lord has heard of your misery.(F)
12 He will be a wild donkey(G) of a man;
his hand will be against everyone
and everyone’s hand against him,
and he will live in hostility
toward[b] all his brothers.(H)”
Footnotes
- Genesis 16:11 Ishmael means God hears.
- Genesis 16:12 Or live to the east / of
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