Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Genesis 16:15
Hagar bare Abram a son, to wit, after her return and submission to her mistress, which is evident from the following history.
Hagar bare Abram a son, to wit, after her return and submission to her mistress, which is evident from the following history.
Verse Genesis 16:15. _AND HAGAR BARE ABRAM A SON, C._] It appears, therefore, that Hagar returned at the command of the angel, believing the promise that God had made to her. _CALLED HIS SON'S NAME...
- 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...
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 ...
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...
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 antitype...
_Abram called … Ishmael_ See note on Genesis 16:11. The father here gives the name as usually in P: see notes on Genesis 4:1; Genesis 4:17; Genesis 4:25;...
The Birth of Ishmael. (P.) These verses are from P, and are inserted in place of J's account of the birth of Ishmael....
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...
_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 given to...
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...
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 Abr...
וַ תֵּ֧לֶד הָגָ֛ר לְ אַבְרָ֖ם בֵּ֑ן וַ
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Agar being returned home, and having obtained pardon. --- Ismael, as the angel had foretold; an honour shewn to very few; such as Isaac, Solomon, Jesus, &c. (Haydock)_...
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 troub...
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...
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 they have ov...
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...
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 CALLED...
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....
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....
And Hagar bare Abram a son; and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael....
The Return of Hagar and the Birth of Ishmael...
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 the...
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 Sarai...
7-16 Hagar was out of her place, and out of the way of her duty, and going further astray, when the Angel found her. It is a great mercy to be stopped in a sinful way, either by conscience or by prov...
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...
Genesis 16:15 Hagar H1904 bore H3205 (H8799) Abram H87 son H1121 Abram H87 named H7121 (H8799)...
‘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 wa...
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...
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...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 16:15 By naming Ishmael, Abram publicly acknowledges him as his son and heir. ⇐ ⇔...
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. ⇐...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 16:15_ THE CONVICTION OF A SPECIAL PROVIDENCE: PRACTICAL EFFECTS I. That we enter again the paths of duty. The impression of this special visitation of God...
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
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...
A.M. 2094. B.C. 1910. Hagar. Genesis 16:11 Genesis 25:12 1 Chronicles 1:28 Galatians 4:22...