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- The Birth of Ishmael
1. הנר _hāgār_, Hagar, “flight.” Hejrah, the flight of
Muhammed.
7. מלאך _mal'ak_ “messenger, angel.” A deputy commissioned to
discharge a certain duty for the principal whom...
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CHAPTER 16 ABRAHAM AND HAGAR
_ 1. Sarai's suggestion (Genesis 16:1)_
2. Abram's action (Genesis 16:4)
3. Sarai and Hagar (Genesis 16:5)
4. Hagar in the wilderness ...
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Sarah has no children, so she hits on a plan of which we have other
examples (Genesis 30:3; Genesis 30:9). She hands over Hagar to
Abraham, that the maid may compensate for the deficiency of her
mistr...
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_was despised in her eyes_ Compare the story in 1 Samuel 1, where the
two wives are both "free," and one is childless. Here the "free" wife,
the mistress (_gebéreth_), gives her own maidservant (_âmâh...
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Hagar and her Flight into the Desert. (J, P.)
1. _handmaid_ or "maidservant," as in Genesis 12:16. The wife
generally had a female slave, who was her own property, and not under
the husband's control:...
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PART TWENTY-NINE
THE STORY OF ABRAHAM: THE SON OF THE BONDWOMAN
(Genesis 16:1-16)
1. _The Biblical Account._
1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children; and she had a
handmaid, an Egyptian, who...
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_AND HE WENT IN UNTO HAGAR, AND SHE CONCEIVED: AND WHEN SHE SAW THAT
SHE HAD CONCEIVED, HER MISTRESS WAS DESPISED IN HER EYES._
Her mistress was despised in her eyes. Sarai was the first to reap the...
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THE CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH THE BIRTH OF ISHMAEL
1, 2. Abraham was now eighty-five years old, Sarah was seventy-five,
and the promise of an heir seemed no nearer fulfilment. Despairing of
offspr...
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HAGAR] The Arabs claim descent from Hagar through Ishmael. Her name,
which means 'flight,' is akin to the word Hegira, used of the flight
of Mohammed from Medina to Mecca (622 a.d.), an event from whi...
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Sarai was Abram’s wife and Hagar was only an extra wife. But Sarai
had no child and Hagar was *pregnant. Hagar would soon produce a child
for Abram. So Hagar thought that she was equal in rank to Sara...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 16
SARAI AND HER MAID HAGAR
V1 Sarai, who was Abram’s wife, had no children. She had an
Egyptian maid, whose name was Hagar. V2 Sarai said to Abr...
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HER MISTRESS WAS DESPISED. — Hagar, we are told in Genesis 16:3, was
to be, not Abram’s concubine, but his wife. She was to be Sarai’s
representative, and though now she would hold the highest place i...
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וַ יָּבֹ֥א אֶל ־הָגָ֖ר וַ תַּ֑הַר וַ
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BIRTH OF ISHMAEL
Genesis 16:1
IN this unpretending chapter we have laid bare to us the origin of one
of the most striking facts in the history of religion: namely, that
from the one person of Abram h...
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ABRAM'S SON ISHMAEL
Genesis 16:1
Poor Hagar! What contrasts met in her life! Bought in an Egyptian
slave-mart, but destined to be the mother of a great people! She is
not the last to suffer from the...
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The previous story makes it evident that the principle of faith is the
true philosophy of life. It builds on God and is satisfied with Him.
It thus becomes the source of all righteousness. Faith, ther...
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PLANNING FOR GOD
Like so many after her, Sarai ran out of patience. She thought of a
plan to achieve the end God had in mind. In the land of the Chaldees,
a woman who could not bear children could gi...
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And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that
she had conceived, her mistress was (c) despised in her eyes.
(c) This punishment declares what they gain if they attempt any thing...
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And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the
wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
I pause here to remark, that this is the first account we meet with in
the Bible of th...
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We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the
trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine
mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
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4._Her mistress was despised in her eyes_. Here Moses relates that the
punishment of excessive precipitancy quickly followed. The chief
blame, indeed, rested with Sarai; yet because Abram had proved h...
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Abram seeking, at Sarah's instigation, to anticipate the will of God
and the accomplishment of the promise in its time, we have the
covenant of the law in Hagar, the source of distress and disquietude...
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AND HE WENT IN UNTO HAGAR, AND SHE CONCEIVED,.... The formality of the
marriage being over, he enjoyed her as his wife, and she immediately
conceived by him:
AND WHEN SHE SAW THAT SHE HAD CONCEIVED;...
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And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that
she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Ver. 4. _Her mistress was despised in her eyes._] Heb., _Allevata
est, si...
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_Her mistress was despised in her eyes_ Thus began the ill
consequences of Abram's marriage to Hagar: much mischief it made
presently. Hagar no sooner perceives herself with child, but she looks
scorn...
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1 Sarai, being barren, giueth Hagar to Abram.
4 Hagar being afflicted for despising her mistresse, runneth away.
7 An Angel sendeth her backe to submit her selfe,
11 and telleth her of her child....
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FIFTH SECTION
_Abram’s Concession to Sarai’s Impatience. Abram and Hagar.
Hagar’s Flight. The Angel of the Lord. Hagar’s Return, and
Ishmael’s Birth_
GENESIS 16:1-16
1Now Sarai, Abram’s wife [in the...
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HUMAN EFFORT TO ACCOMPLISH GOD'S PROMISE
Though Abram was a man of faith, Sarai his wife had not borne
children, and she weakened his faith by making a mere fleshly
suggestion that he should use Sarai...
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4-6 Abram's unhappy marriage to Hagar very soon made a great deal of
mischief. We may thank ourselves for the guilt and grief that follow
us, when we go out of the way of our duty. See it in this cas...
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For barrenness in itself was a reproach, and especially to Sarai, who
seemed to be a person rejected by God, as one whom he would not honour
with being the mother of that Seed; and Hagar being suddenl...
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Here we find unbelief casting its dark shadow across the spirit of
Abraham, and again turning him aside, for a season, from the path of
simple, happy confidence in God. "And Sarai said unto Abram, Beh...
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Genesis 16:4 in H935 (H8799) Hagar H1904 conceived H2029 (H8799) saw
H7200 (H8799) conceived H2029 ...
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‘And he went in to Hagar and she conceived. And when she saw that
she had conceived her mistress was of little account in her eyes.'
The plan was successful. But Hagar was an Egyptian and not brought...
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CONTENTS: Birth of Ishmael.
CHARACTERS: Sarah, Abram, Hagar, Angel, Ishmael.
CONCLUSION: The moment the believer takes his eyes away from God's
promises he is ready for mean devices of unbelief whic...
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Genesis 16:1. God had promised Abraham a son, but had not said that he
should be born of Sarah. Hence his wife having no hope in herself,
almost compelled him to receive Hagar to his bed, not consider...
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_When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her
eyed_
THE EVILS OF ABOLISHING SOCIAL DISTINCTIONS
I. THOSE WHO ARE SUDDENLY RAISED IN THE SOCIAL SCALE ARE TEMPTED TO
PRIDE AND...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 16:1 Sarai seeks to resolve the problem of
her barrenness by having her maidservant, Hagar, bear a child on her
behalf.
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 16:4_
THE EVILS OF ABOLISHING SOCIAL DISTINCTIONS
By the elevation of Hagar from the condition of a bond-servant to that
of a wife, her relation to Abram’s...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 16:1
NOW SARAI ABRAM'S WIFE BARE HIM NO CHILDREN (literally, _bare not to
him, _notwithstanding the promise; the barrenness of Sarai being
introduced as the point of departure for...
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Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: she had a handmaid, an
Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now,
the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in...
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her mistress. 1 Samuel 1:6 2 Samuel 6:16 Proverbs 30:20 Proverbs 30:21...
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We have here the ill consequences of Abram's marriage to Hagar: a deal
of mischief it made presently. Hagar no sooner perceives herself with
child, but she looks scornfully upon her mistress; upbraids...