Genesis 16:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. ”

Genesis 16:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- 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 pri...
Genesis 16:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 16:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hagar bare. Through infirmity of Sarah's faith. So the Law (parenthetically) "because of transgression" ( Galatians 1:3 ; Galatians 1:19 ). Levitical Law given, as Ishmael was, until Christ the an...
Genesis 16:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. And Abram called Hagar had been commanded to give that name to her son; but Moses follows the order of nature; because fathers, by the imposition of the name, declare the power which the...
Genesis 16:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. And Hagar bare Abram a son, etc. - It appears, therefore, that Hagar returned at the command of the angel, beli...
Genesis 16:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael - (see the note at Genesis 16:11 .) The names g...
Genesis 16:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 off...
Genesis 16:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BIRTH OF ISHMAEL Genesis 16:1-16 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 o...
Genesis 16:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Abram's Son Ishmael Genesis 16:1-16 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...
Genesis 16:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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, the...
Genesis 16:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS. What awful effects have been in all ages reduced by unlawful connections! See, how this illicit marriage, in defiance of the divine law, involved all the parties concerned in it in trou...
Genesis 16:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Hagar bare Abram a son ,.... Being returned to his house, and received by him, and reconciled to Sarai, she brought forth a son to Abram, according to the prediction of the angel: and Abram ca...
Genesis 16:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. Ver. 15. Ishmael. ] A good name, had he made good use of it, and a great name still among the Persians.
Genesis 16:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 S...
Genesis 16:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Birth of Ishmael. B. C. 1911. 15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his...
Genesis 16:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hagar bare Abram a son, to wit, after her return and submission to her mistress, which is evident from the following history.
Genesis 16:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. And Abram was eighty six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.' The end result of Sarai's planning...
Genesis 16:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 16:15-16 THE CONVICTION OF A SPECIAL PROVIDENCE: PRACTICAL EFFECTS I. That we enter again the paths of duty. The impression of this special visitati...
Genesis 16:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 consi...
Genesis 16:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 a creature angel, fo...
Genesis 16:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Return of Hagar and the Birth of Ishmael
Genesis 16:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. 2094. B.C. 1910. Hagar. Genesis 16:11 Genesis 25:12 1 Chronicles 1:28 Galatians 4:22 Galatians 4:23 Ishmael. Genesis 17:18 Genesis 17:20 Genesis 17:25 Genesis 17:26 Genesis 21...

Genesis 16:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 16:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 16:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 16:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 16:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 16:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 16:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 16:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 16:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 16:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 16:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 16:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 16:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 16:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 16:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 16:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 16:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 16:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 16:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 16:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 16:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 16:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge