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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 16:10-14

We may suppose that the angel having given Hagar that good counsel (Gen. 16:9) to return to her mistress she immediately promised to do so, and was setting her face homeward; and then the angel went on to encourage her with an assurance of the mercy God had in store for her and her seed: for God will meet those with mercy that are returning to their duty. I said, I will confess, and thou forgavest, Ps. 32:5. Here is, I. A prediction concerning her posterity given her for her comfort in her... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 16:15-16

It is here taken for granted, though not expressly recorded, that Hagar did as the angel commanded her, returning to her mistress and submitting herself; and then, in the fulness of time, she brought forth her son. Note, Those who obey divine precepts shall have the comfort of divine promises. This was the son of the bond-woman that was born after the flesh (Gal. 4:23), representing the unbelieving Jews, Gal. 4:25. Note, 1. Many who can call Abraham father are 608 yet born after the flesh,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 16:11

And the angel of the Lord said unto her ,.... Continued his discourse with her, informing her she should have a son, and what his name should be, and what his character, and the place of his habitation: behold, thou art with child ; this she knew, and it is said, not for her information, as to this respect, but to lead on to something else he had to acquaint her with, she did not know. Jarchi indeed would have the sense to be, "thou shall conceive" or "be with child", as was said to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 16:12

And he will be a wild man ,.... Living in a wilderness, delighting in hunting and killing wild beasts, and robbing and plundering all that pass by; and such an one Ishmael was, see Genesis 21:20 ; and such the Saracens, his posterity, were, and such the wild Arabs are to this day, who descended from him; or "the wild ass of a man" F20 פרא אדם "onager hominis", Cocceius, Schmidt. ; or "a wild ass among men", as Onkelos; or "like to a wild ass among men", as the Targum of Jonathan;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 16:13

And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her ,.... Either she called on the name of the Lord, and prayed unto him, that he would forgive her sin and give her some fresh tokens of his love; and also gave him thanks for his gracious regards unto her, that he should look upon, and look after so mean a creature, and such a backslider as she was, and return her, and make such gracious promises to her; so the Targum of Onkelos,"she prayed in the name of the Lord;'and the Targum of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 16:14

Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi ,.... That is, the fountain where the angel found her, Genesis 16:7 ; this, from the appearance of God to her at it, was afterwards called by her and others by this name, which signifies "the well of him that liveth and seeth me"; that is, of the living and all seeing God, and who had taken a special care of her, and favoured her with a peculiar discovery of his love to her: or this may have respect to herself, and be rendered, "the well of her... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 16:15

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 his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael ; and this name Jarchi suggests he gave by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit that dwelt in him: but it is highly reasonable to suppose, that Hagar upon her return reported to Abram the whole of the conversation she had with the angel; wherefore... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 16:16

And Abram was eighty years old when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. Which is easily reckoned, for he was seventy five years of age when he left Haran, Genesis 12:4 ; and he had been ten years in Canaan when Hagar was given him by Sarai for his wife, Genesis 16:3 ; and so must be then eighty five years of age, and of course must be eighty six when Ishmael was born. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 16:11

And shalt call his name Ishmael - ישמאעל Yishmael , from שמע shama , he heard, and אל El , God; for, says the Angel, The Lord Hath Heard thy affliction. Thus the name of the child must ever keep the mother in remembrance of God's merciful interposition in her behalf, and remind the child and the man that he was an object of God's gracious and providential goodness. Afflictions and distresses have a voice in the ears of God, even when prayer is restrained; but how much more... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 16:12

He will be a wild man - אדם פרא pere adam . As the root of this word does not appear in the Hebrew Bible, it is probably found in the Arabic farra , to run away, to run wild; and hence the wild ass, from its fleetness and its untamable nature. What is said of the wild ass, Job 39:5-8 , affords the very best description that can be given of the Ishmaelites, (the Bedouins and wandering Arabs), the descendants of Ishmael: "Who hath sent out the wild ass ( פרא pere ) free? or who... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 16:10-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 16:15-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 16:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 16:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 16:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 16:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 16:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 16:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 16:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 16:12

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