Genesis 16:2
_May have. Hebrew, "may be built up," a metaphorical expression: so God is said to have built up houses for the Egyptian midwives, Exodus i. 21. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_May have. Hebrew, "may be built up," a metaphorical expression: so God is said to have built up houses for the Egyptian midwives, Exodus i. 21. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
Ten years after she was 65; which shews that she might reasonably conclude she would now have no children herself; and as she knew God had promised Abram a son, she thought he might follow the custom of those times, and have him by a second wife. Abram shewed no eagerness on this matter, but only yi... [ Continue Reading ]
_Despiseth. Few bear prosperity in a proper manner! --- And thee. Sarai things it is the duty of her husband to restrain the insolence of Agar. She commits her cause to God, and does not seek revenge. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Afflicted her, as she now resented even a moderate correction. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_In the desert; omitted in Hebrew being a repetition of in the wilderness. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Humble thyself. The angel, in God's name, does not blame Sarai; but gives Agar to understand that the fault was wholly on her side. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ismael, means "God hath heard" the groans and distress of Agar. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wild. Hebrew: like a wild ass, not to be tamed or subdued. The Saracens or Arabs, have almost all along maintained their independence. --- Over against, ready to fight, without any dread of any one. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou the God. She had imagined before that she was talking to some man; but perceiving, at parting, that it was some superior being, she invoked him thus. --- The hinder parts, as Moses did afterwards, Exodus xxxiii, to let us know, that we cannot fully comprehend the nature of an angel, much less... [ Continue Reading ]
_Agar being returned home, and having obtained pardon. --- Ismael, as the angel had foretold; an honour shewn to very few; such as Isaac, Solomon, Jesus, &c. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]