Genesis 16:9

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 16:9

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”

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KJV

King James Version

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

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WEB

World English Bible

The LORD’s angel said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 16

⁷ Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.

⁸ “Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.

⁹ So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”

¹⁰ Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”

¹¹ The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.

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