Genesis 16:10
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And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.

the angel.

Genesis 22:15-18 And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, saying: . . .

Genesis 31:11-13 And the angel of God said to me in my sleep: Jacob. And I answered: Here I am. . . .

Genesis 32:24-30 He remained alone; and behold, a man wrestled with him till morning. . . .

Genesis 48:15,16 And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and said: God, in whose sight my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, God that feedeth me from my youth until this day: . . .

Exodus 3:2-6 And the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he saw that the bush was on fire, and was not burnt. . . .

Judges 2:1-3 And an angel of the Lord went up from Galgal to the place of weepers, and said: I made you go out of Egypt, and have brought you into the land for which I swore to your fathers: and I promised that I would not make void my covenant with you for ever: . . .

Judges 6:11 And an angel of the Lord came, and sat under an oak that was in Ephra, and belonged to Joas, the father of the family of Ezri. And when Gedeon, his son, was threshing and cleansing wheat by the winepress, to flee from Madian,

Judges 6:16,21-24 And the Lord said to him: I will be with thee: and thou shalt cut off Madian as one man. . . .

Judges 13:16-22 And the angel answered him: If thou press me I will not eat of thy bread: but if thou wilt offer a holocaust, offer it to the Lord. And Manue knew not it was the angel of the Lord. . . .

Isaiah 63:9 In all their affliction he was not troubled, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love, and in his mercy he redeemed them, and he carried them and lifted them up all the days of old.

Hosea 12:3-5 In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel. . . .

Zechariah 2:8,9 For thus saith the Lord of hosts: After the glory he hath sent me to the nations that have robbed you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of my eye: . . .

Malachi 3:1 Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold, he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts.

John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the Bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

Acts 7:30-38 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him, in the desert of mount Sina, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush. . . .

1 Timothy 6:16 Who only hath immortality and inhabiteth light inaccessible: whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and empire everlasting. Amen.

I will.

Genesis 17:20 And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 21:13,16 But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed. . . .

Genesis 25:12-18 These are the generations of Ismael the son of Abraham, whom Agar the Egyptian, Sara's servant, bore unto him: . . .

Psalm 83:6,7 The tabernacle of the Edomites, and the Ishmahelites: Moab, and the Agarens, . . .

Context
The Birth of Ishmael
9And the angel of the Lord said to her: Return to thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hand. 10And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.11And again: Behold, said he, thou art with child, and thou shalt bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Ismael, because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.…
Cross References
Genesis 13:16
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man be able to number the dust of the earth, he shall be able to number thy seed also.

Genesis 16:9
And the angel of the Lord said to her: Return to thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hand.

Genesis 17:20
And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 21:13
But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed.

Genesis 21:18
Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand, for I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 22:15
And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, saying:

Lexicon
Then the Angel
מַלְאַ֣ךְ (mal·’aḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel

added,
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“I will greatly multiply
הַרְבָּ֥ה (har·bāh)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 7235: To be or become much, many or great

your offspring
זַרְעֵ֑ךְ (zar·‘êḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

so that
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

they will be too numerous
מֵרֹֽב׃ (mê·rōḇ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

to count.”
יִסָּפֵ֖ר (yis·sā·p̄êr)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5608: To count, recount, relate


Additional Translations
Then the Angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”And the angel of the LORD said to her, I will multiply your seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that 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.

And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

And the angel of the LORD said to her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."

and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, 'Multiplying I multiply thy seed, and it is not numbered from multitude;'
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