Genesis 16:4

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

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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 co...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was (c) despised in her eyes. (c) This punishmen...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. Her mistress was despised in her eyes. Here Moses relates that the punishment of excessive precipitancy quickly followed. The chief blame,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. Her mistress wa...
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 h...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hagar ] The Arabs claim descent from Hagar through Ishmael. Her name, which means 'flight,' is akin to the word Hegira, used of the flight of Mohamm...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Her mistress was despised. — Hagar, we are told in Genesis 16:3 , was to be, not Abram’s concubine, but his wife. She was to be Sarai’s representa...
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 histo...
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...
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 b...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived ,.... The formality of the marriage being over, he enjoyed her as his wife, and she immediately conceiv...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. Ver. 4. Her mistress...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Her mistress was despised in her eyes Thus began the ill consequences of Abram's marriage to Hagar: much mischief it made presently. Hagar no soone...
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 mak...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For barrenness in itself was a reproach, and especially to Sarai, who seemed to be a person rejected by God, as one whom he would not honour with bei...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And he went in to Hagar and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived her mistress was of little account in her eyes.' The plan was s...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 16:4-6 THE EVILS OF ABOLISHING SOCIAL DISTINCTIONS By the elevation of Hagar from the condition of...
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 co...
The Biblical Illustrator

When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyed The evils of abolishing social distinctions I. THOSE WHO ARE SUDDENL...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 16:1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children (literally, bare not to him, notwithstanding the promise; the barre...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. The plan of Sarai to wh...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hagar's Pride and Flight
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

We have here the ill consequences of Abram's marriage to Hagar: a deal of mischief it made presently. Hagar no sooner perceives herself with child,...

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.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 16:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 16:4