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Verse Genesis 16:6. _SARAH DEALT HARDLY WITH HER_] תאנה _teanneha,
she_ _afflicted her_; the term implying _stripes_ and _hard usage_, to
_bring down_ the _body_ and _humble_ the _mind_. If the slave...
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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 (Genesis 16:7)
5. The birth of I...
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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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DEALT HARDLY. Hebrew afflicted her. The Code of Khammurabi (119)
forbade her being sold. Sarah could only lay tasks on her. See App-15....
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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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ABRAM SAID, BEHOLD, THY MAID IS IN THY HAND— i.e.. in thy power, ch.
Genesis 24:10. Genesis 39:4.
REFLECTIONS.—We have here,
1. Hagar's insolence. No sooner with child, than she forgets her
station,...
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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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_BUT ABRAM SAID UNTO SARAI, BEHOLD, THY MAID IS IN THY HAND; DO TO HER
AS IT PLEASETH THEE. AND WHEN SARAI DEALT HARDLY WITH HER, SHE FLED
FROM HER FACE._
Abram said ... Behold, thy maid is in thy ha...
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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’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 Abra...
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SARAI DEALT HARDLY WITH HER. — The verb is translated _afflicted_ in
Exodus 1:11 and Isaiah 60:14; its more exact meaning is, _Sarai
humbled her,_ that is, reduced her to her original condition. It wa...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר אַבְרָ֜ם אֶל ־שָׂרַ֗י
הִנֵּ֤ה שִׁפְחָתֵךְ֙ בְּ יָדֵ֔ךְ
עֲשִׂי ־לָ֖הּ הַ טֹּ֣וב בְּ...
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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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_Afflicted her, as she now resented even a moderate correction.
(Haydock)_...
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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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6._Behold, thy maid is in thy hand_. The greatness of Abram’s
humanity and modesty appears from his answer. He does not quarrel with
his wife; and though he has the best cause, yet he does not
pertina...
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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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BUT ABRAM SAID UNTO SARAI,.... In a meek, mild and gentle manner:
BEHOLD, THY MAID [IS] IN THINE HAND; though Hagar was Abram's
secondary wife he still considers her as Sarai's maid, and as subject
t...
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But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid [is] in thy hand; do to
her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she
fled from her face.
Ver. 6. _But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, &c...
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_Thy maid is in thy hand_ Though she was _his wife_, he would not
countenance her in any thing disrespectful to Sarai. Those who would
keep up peace and love must return soft answers to hard accusatio...
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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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HAGAR'S PRIDE AND FLIGHT...
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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 th...
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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 Sara...
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AS IT PLEASETH THEE:
that which is good in thy eyes
DEALT HARDLY WITH HER:
afflicted her...
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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 case...
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THY MAID IS IN THINE HAND, i.e. subject to thy power and authority, as
the phrase is taken, GENESIS 24:10, GENESIS 39:4,6,8 NUM 31:49. For
though she be my concubine, yet she is thy inferior; and ther...
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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 16:6 Abram H87 said H559 (H8799) Sarai H8297 maid H8198 hand
H3027 do H6213 (H8798) please H2896 H5869 Sarai H8297 harshly H6031
(H8762) fled H1272 (H8799) presence H6440
Abram - Genesis 13:8-...
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‘And Abram said to Sarai, “Look, your maid is in your hand. Do
with her whatever is right in your eyes.” And Sarai treated her
harshly and she fled from her face.'
Abram passes his judgment. Sarai is...
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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’...
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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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Abram. Genesis 13:8 Genesis 13:9 Proverbs 14:29 Proverbs 15:1 Proverbs
15:17 Proverbs 15:18 1 Peter 3:7 in. Genesis 24:10 Job 2:6 Psalms
106:41
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Thy maid is in thy hand — Though she was his wife, he would not
countenance her in any thing disrespectful to Sarai. Those who would
keep up peace and love, must return first answers to hard accusatio...