Genesis 16:10

10 The Angel of the Lord also said to her, "I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count."

Genesis 16:10 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 16:10

And the angel of the Lord said unto her
The same as before, who, by what follows, appears to be Jehovah himself:

I will multiply thy seed exceedingly;
not that she should have many children herself, for that she had more than this one she now went with, is not certain; but that that seed she had conceived should be exceedingly multiplied, and he should have a numerous posterity, as he had twelve princes sprung from him, the heads of Arab nations:

that it shall not be numbered for multitude;
such the Turks are at this day, supposed to be the seed of Ishmael, Hagar's son.

Genesis 16:10 In-Context

8 He said, "Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?" She replied, "I'm running away from my mistress Sarai."

9 Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, "You must go back to your mistress and submit to her mistreatment."

10 The Angel of the Lord also said to her, "I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count."

11 Then the Angel of the Lord said to her: You have conceived and will have a son. You will name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard your [cry of] affliction.

12 This man will be [like] a wild ass. His hand will be against everyone, and everyone's hand will be against him; he will live at odds with all his brothers.