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And he said to Hagar, the servant of Sarai, “From where[a] have you come, and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the presence of Sarai my mistress.” Then[b] the angel of Yahweh said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit yourself under her authority.”[c] 10 And the angel of Yahweh said to her, “I will greatly multiply[d] your offspring, so that they cannot be counted for their abundance.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:8 Literally “where from this”
  2. Genesis 16:9 Or “And”
  3. Genesis 16:9 Literally “her hand”
  4. Genesis 16:10 Literally “multiplying I will multiply”

And he said, “Hagar,(A) slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”(B)

“I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.

Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” 10 The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”(C)

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