Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 16:7-12
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 16:7. The angel of the Lord.] This remarkable title occurs here for the first time in the O.T. Here it is evidently to be understood of God Himself. (Genesis 16:13.) God, who is Himself invisible, visited her under the appearance of an angel, the Angel of the Covenant—the Second Person in the... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 16:11
Hath heard thy cry in thy affliction. read more