Verse Genesis 16:6. Sarah dealt hardly with her] תאנה teanneha, she afflicted her; the term implying stripes and hard usage, to bring down the body and humble the mind. If the slave was to blame in this business the mistress is not less liable to censure. She alone had brought her into those circumstances, in which it was natural for her to value herself beyond her mistress.
- 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...
DEALT HARDLY. Hebrew afflicted her. The Code of Khammurabi (119) forbade her being sold. Sarah could only lay tasks on her. See App-15....
Hagar and her Flight into the Desert. (J, P.) 1. _handmaid_ or "maidservant," as in Genesis 12:16. The wife generally had a female slave, who was her own property, and not under the husband's control:...
_in thy hand_ Abram replies, with forbearance, that Hagar is under Sarai's authority. Whether this is a formal transference of Hagar back into the power of Sarai, after she had become, as a concubine,...
ABRAM SAID, BEHOLD, THY MAID IS IN THY HAND— i.e.. in thy power, ch. Genesis 24:10. Genesis 39:4. REFLECTIONS.—We have here, 1. Hagar's insolence. No sooner with child, than she forgets her station,...
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...
_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._ Abram said ... Behold, thy maid is in thy ha...
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...
Sarai was Abram’s wife and Hagar was only an extra wife. But Sarai had no child and Hagar was *pregnant. Hagar would soon produce a child for Abram. So Hagar thought that she was equal in rank to Sara...
SARAI DEALT HARDLY WITH HER. — The verb is translated _afflicted_ in Exodus 1:11 and Isaiah 60:14; its more exact meaning is, _Sarai humbled her,_ that is, reduced her to her original condition. It wa...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר אַבְרָ֜ם אֶל ־שָׂרַ֗י הִנֵּ֤ה שִׁ
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...
_Afflicted her, as she now resented even a moderate correction. (Haydock)_...
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 th...
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...
6._Behold, thy maid is in thy hand_. The greatness of Abram’s humanity and modesty appears from his answer. He does not quarrel with his wife; and though he has the best cause, yet he does not pertina...
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...
BUT ABRAM SAID UNTO SARAI,.... In a meek, mild and gentle manner: BEHOLD, THY MAID [IS] IN THINE HAND; though Hagar was Abram's secondary wife he still considers her as Sarai's maid, and as subject t...
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. Ver. 6. _But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, &c...
_Thy maid is in thy hand_ Though she was _his wife_, he would not countenance her in any thing disrespectful to Sarai. Those who would keep up peace and love must return soft answers to hard accusatio...
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....
But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. This was not evading the responsibility, but insisting upon its remaining where it had been during the entire...
HAGAR'S PRIDE AND FLIGHT...
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...
AS IT PLEASETH THEE: that which is good in thy eyes DEALT HARDLY WITH HER: afflicted her...
4-6 Abram's unhappy marriage to Hagar very soon made a great deal of mischief. We may thank ourselves for the guilt and grief that follow us, when we go out of the way of our duty. See it in this cas...
THY MAID IS IN THINE HAND, i.e. subject to thy power and authority, as the phrase is taken, GENESIS 24:10, GENESIS 39:4,6,8 NUM 31:49. For though she be my concubine, yet she is thy inferior; and ther...
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 16:6 Abram H87 said H559 (H8799) Sarai H8297 maid H8198 hand H3027 do H6213 (H8798) please...
‘And Abram said to Sarai, “Look, your maid is in your hand. Do with her whatever is right in your eyes.” And Sarai treated her harshly and she fled from her face.' Abram passes his judgment. Sarai is...
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...
_When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyed_ THE EVILS OF ABOLISHING SOCIAL DISTINCTIONS I. THOSE WHO ARE SUDDENLY RAISED IN THE SOCIAL SCALE ARE TEMPTED TO PRIDE AND...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 16:5 Sarai initially directs her anger at Abram, and he allows her to deal HARSHLY with Hagar. The human solution to Sarai’s childlessness creates new problems....
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 16:4_ THE EVILS OF ABOLISHING SOCIAL DISTINCTIONS By the elevation of Hagar from the condition of a bond-servant to that of a wife, her relation to Abram’s...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 16:1 NOW SARAI ABRAM'S WIFE BARE HIM NO CHILDREN (literally, _bare not to him, _notwithstanding the promise; the barrenness of Sarai being introduced as the point of departure for...
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...
Abram. Genesis 13:8 Genesis 13:9 Proverbs 14:29 Proverbs 15:1 Prov
Thy maid is in thy hand — Though she was his wife, he would not countenance her in any thing disrespectful to Sarai. Those who would keep up peace and love, must return first answers to hard accusatio...