Genesis 16:4-7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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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 the ministry of an Angel. Reader! Observe how kind his ministry. And then call to mind how very precious the services of those celestial guardians have been, upon innumerable occasions, in the Church! And if so, how very gracious must He be who hath appointed them! See Hebrews 1:14; Matthew 18:10. Reader, do you know anything of wilderness mercies, like Hagar? See Hosea 2:14.-Shur. See 1 Samuel 15:7; Exodus 15:22.

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Genesis 16:4-7

4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

6 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.

7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.