Genesis 16:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. ”

Genesis 16:8 - 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 16:8 - 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 16:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

face . presence. Figure of speech Pleonasm. See App-6.
Genesis 16:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid. By the use of this epithet, the angel declares, that she still remained a servant, though she had escaped the hands of her mistress; because liberty is no...
Genesis 16:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. Hagar, Sarai's maid - This mode of address is used to show her...
Genesis 16:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He said, Hagar, Sarai's maid— The angel calls her Sarai's maid, to remind her of her duty and dependence, which she ought not to have relinquished. He advises her, therefore, to return, and patie...
Genesis 16:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. Hagar, Sarai's maid. This mode of address, indicating...
Genesis 16:8 - 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 16:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Whence camest thou? — It is noteworthy that in these Divine communications God’s knowledge of all the circumstances is not presumed, but the person visited is led on to tell them. This adds very mu...
Genesis 16:8 - 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 16:8 - 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 16:8 - 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 16:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Genesis 16:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid ,.... He calls her by her name, which might surprise her, and describes her by her character and condition, in order to check her pride, and put her in mind of her d...
Genesis 16:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. Ver. 8. Hagar, Sarai's maid.] This was a good item to her, t...
Genesis 16:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Genesis 16:8 - 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 16:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 And the angel of the L ORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wil...
Genesis 16:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By this title he admonisheth her, that though she was Abram's wife, yet she was Sarai's maid, to whom she owed subjection and service, from which she could not lawfully withdraw herself. Consider wit...
Genesis 16:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 16:8 a ‘And he said, “Hagar, handmaid of Sarai, from where have you come and where are you going?” ' It is clear that by becoming what she has Hagar has been brought within the covenant...
Genesis 16:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Genesis 16:8 - 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 16:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 m...
Genesis 16:8 - 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 16:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Return of Hagar and the Birth of Ishmael
Genesis 16:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Sarai's maid. Genesis 16:1 Genesis 16:4 Ephesians 6:5-8 1 Timothy 6:1 1 Timothy 6:2 whence. Genesis 3:9 Genesis 4:10 Ecclesiastes 10:4 Jeremiah 2:17 Jeremiah 2:18 I flee. 1 Samue...
Genesis 16:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid — As a check to her pride. Though she was Abram's wife, yet he calls her Sarai's maid to humble her. As a rebuke to her flight. Sarai's maid ought to be in Sarai's...

Genesis 16:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 16:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 16:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 16:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 16:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 16:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 16:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 16:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 16:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 16:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 16:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 16:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 16:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 16:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 16:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 16:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 16:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 16:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 16:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 16:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 16:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 16:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 16:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 16:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 16:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 16:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 16:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes