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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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Hagar and the Angel at the Well
7. _the angel of the Lord_ The Angel, i.e. messenger, of Jehovah is
the personification of Jehovah. Observe that in Genesis 16:10 He
identifies Himself with Jehovah, ex...
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_And the angel of the Lord said_ Notice the triple repetition of these
sayings of the Angel in Genesis 16:9, containing in Genesis 16:9 the
injunction to return and submit, in Genesis 16:10 the promis...
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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 THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SAID UNTO HER, RETURN TO THY MISTRESS, AND
SUBMIT THYSELF UNDER HER HANDS._
Return to thy mistress, and, submit thyself under her hands. The
counsel was given in kindness a...
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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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God often says this to people who run away from difficulties. He says,
‘I know that things were difficult. But go back and overcome the
difficulties. I will be with you and I will help you.’...
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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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SUBMIT THYSELF. — Heb., _humble thyself._ It is the verb translated
_dealt hardly_ in Genesis 16:6. The angel therefore commands her to
take the position which Sarai was forcing upon her; and by so do...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר לָהּ֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה
שׁ֖וּבִי...
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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 the angel of the LORD said unto her, (e) Return to thy mistress,
and submit thyself under her hands.
(e) God rejects no estate of people in their misery, but sends them
comfort....
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_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)_...
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And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed
exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Reader! I entreat you to remark with me, the peculiarity of the
expression....
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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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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 THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SAID UNTO HER,.... The same angel; though
Jarchi thinks that one angel after another was sent, and that at every
speech there was a fresh angel; and because this phrase is re...
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And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and
submit thyself under her hands.
Ver. 9. _Return to thy mistress._] When now she had smarted, she is in
case to be counselled. Ther...
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_And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid_ 1st, This was to check her pride.
Though she was Abram's wife, yet he calls her _Sarai's maid_, to
humble her. 2d, It was a rebuke to her flight. Sarai's maid ought...
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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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7-16 Hagar was out of her place, and out of the way of her duty, and
going further astray, when the Angel found her. It is a great mercy to
be stopped in a sinful way, either by conscience or by prov...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 16:9 Angel H4397 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Return H7725
(H8798) mistress H1404 submit H6031 ...
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‘And the angel of Yahweh said to her, “Return to your mistress and
submit yourself to her hands.” '
That is the human side. She must acknowledge her status and do what is
right accordingly. But in re...
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ANGEL
(_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
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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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_Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou?_
PROVIDENCE AND THE OUTCAST
I. PROVIDENCE FINDS THE OUTCAST AND MISERABLE.
1. There are occasions in human life when the providence of God
specially manife...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 16:9 God commands Hagar to have a better
attitude toward her mistress, Sarai. Instead of despising her, she is
to SUBMIT TO her authority....
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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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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 16:6. Dealt hardly.] _Heb._ Afflicted her. The word is too
strong to indicate merely the employment of sharp and reproachful
expressions; acts of oppression are intended.
GEN...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 16:7
AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD. _Maleach Jehovah_, elsewhere styled
_Maleach Elohim _(Genesis 21:17; Genesis 31:11); supposed but wrongly
to be
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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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submit. Ecclesiastes 10:4 Ephesians 5:21 Ephesians 6:5 Ephesians 6:6...
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And the angel said, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under
her hand — Go home and humble thyself for what thou hast done amiss,
and resolve for the future to behave thyself better....