Genesis 21:16-18 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 21:14-21

Here is, I. The casting out of the bond-woman, and her son from the family of Abraham, Gen. 21:14. Abraham's obedience to the divine command in this matter was speedy?early in the morning, we may suppose immediately after he had, in the night's visions, received orders to do this. It was also submissive; it was contrary to his judgment, at least to his own inclination, to do it; yet as soon as he perceives that it is the mind of God he makes no objections, but silently does as he is bidden, as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 21:16

And she went and sat her down over against him , a good way off ,.... Not being able to bear the sight of her child in his agonies, and, as she apprehended, ready to expire, she went from the place where she had laid him, and sat down under one of the shrubs or trees to shade herself, right over against that where her child was, though at some distance, which is next expressed: as it were a bowshot ; about as far off from him as an arrow can be shot, or is usually shot out of a bow;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 21:17

And God heard the voice of the lad ,.... By which it appears that he cried also; but whether it was in prayer to God, or through the distress and misery he was in, is not certain; and, be it which it will, his cries came up into the ears of the Lord, and he had compassion on him, and supplied his wants, and delivered him out of his miserable condition: and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven ; not a created angel, but the eternal one, the Son of God, the Angel of the covenant,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 21:18

Arise, lift up the lad ,.... She had set herself down at some distance, and now she is bid to rise up and go to the place where she had left her son, and raise aim up from the ground, on which he lay along: and hold him in thine hand : or take hold on him with thine hand, and hold him up with it, he being so weak that he could not sit up without being supported: for I will make him a great nation : which is a renewal of a promise before made both to her and to Abraham, Genesis 16:10... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 21:17

Verse 17 17.God heard the voice of the lad. Moses had said before that Hagar wept: how is it then, that, disregarding her tears, God only hears the voice of the lad ? If we should say, that the mother did not deserve to receive a favorable answer to her prayers; her son, certainly, was in no degree more worthy. For, as to the supposition of some, that they both were brought to repentance by this chastisement, it is but an uncertain conjecture. I leave their repentance, of which I can see no... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 21:18

Verse 18 18.Arise lift up the lad. In order that she might have more courage to bring up her son, God confirms to her what he had before often promised to Abraham. Indeed, nature itself prescribes to mothers what they owe to their children; but, as I have lately hinted, all the natural feelings of Hagar would have been destroyed, unless God had revived her, by inspiring new confidence, to address herself with fresh vigor to the fulfillment of her maternal office. With respect to the fountain or... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 21:8-21

The separation of the bondwoman's so, from the promised seed. It was necessary that this should take place for the accomplishment of the Divine plan. Human conduct is employed, as in so many other cases, as the instrument or occasion. There was mockery or unbelief in Ishmael. It was not personal merely, but a mockery of Jehovah and of his Church. Sarah saw it. The mother's keen affections were sharpened to detect the scorn of her joy. Abraham and Sarah were both severely tried. Their lack... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 21:15-21

Hagar and Ishmael, or the fortunes of the outcasts. I. THE LONELY WANDERERS . 1. Banished from home . Hitherto the household of Abraham had been to Hagar and her boy such a pleasant and doubtless much-prized abode; henceforth their connection with the patriarch's encampment was to be completely severed. So God in his mysterious providence and in many different ways frequently bereaves men of the shelter and society of home. 2. Separated from the Church . Practically the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 21:16

And she went, and sat her down — וַתֵּשֶׁב לָהּ , the pronoun being added to the verb, as an ethical dative, to indicate that the action was of special importance to her, meaning, "she, for herself, or for her part, sat down"—over against him a good way off. The hiph. inf. of רָחַק , to go far away, to recede from any one, is here used adverbially, as in Joshua 3:16 (Gesenius, Furst, Kalisch), though by others it is understood as explaining the action of the previous verbs, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 21:17

And God —Elohim ; Hagar and Ishmael having now been removed from the care and superintendence of the covenant God to the guidance and providence of God the ruler of all nations (Keil)— heard the voice of the lad ;—praying (Inglis), or weeping, ut supra — and the angel of God — Maleach Elohim ; not Maleach Jehovah, as in Genesis 16:7-13 , for the reason above specified (Hengstenberg, Quarry)— called to Hagar out of heaven ,—it may be inferred there was no external... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 21:14-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 21:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 21:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 21:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 21:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 21:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 21:8-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 21:15-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 21:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 21:17

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