‘And the angel of Yahweh said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit yourself to her hands.” ’ That is the human side. She must acknowledge her status and do what is right accordingly. But in return her future is guaranteed. read more
‘And the angel of Yahweh said to her, “I will greatly multiply your seed so that it will be so great that it cannot be numbered”.’ If she returns her future will be most satisfying. She will become the mother of a great multitude, the longing in those days of every woman. We note here that the angel of Yahweh speaks as God. read more
‘And the angel of Yahweh said to her, “Behold you are with child and will bear a son. And you shall call his name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction. And he will be like a wild ass among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him. And he will dwell in the presence of all his brethren”.’ The covenant is split into three parts, each introduced by the phrase ‘the angel of Yahweh said to her’. This is deliberate. Three is the number of completeness and... read more
‘And she called the name of Yahweh Who spoke to her, “You are El Roi (‘the God Who sees’)”, for she said, “Have I even here looked after Him Who sees me?” ’ She gives God a new name as being her personal God, for He has seen her need and has responded. She knows that she has met the One Who sees her always. These words emphasise how dramatic her experience has been. She knows she has experienced a theophany. From now on she is not only within Yahweh’s covenant with Abram, she also has her own... read more
Genesis 16:1-Nehemiah : . 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 mistress. The maid is the wife’ s peculiar property, and therefore not, like ordinary slaves, at the master’ s disposal. Nor, presumably, would Abraham’ s child by one of his slaves have been a legitimate son. It is through the connexion between mistress and maid that Hagar’... read more
Hath heard thy cry in thy affliction. read more
He will be a wild man; Heb. A wild-ass man, i.e. a man like a wild ass, fierce and untamed, and unsettled in his habitation; or as that creature is, Job 39:5,Job 39:8; Jeremiah 2:24; Hosea 8:9, living in deserts and mountains, warlike and violent, exercising himself continually in hunting beasts, and oppressing men. See Genesis 21:20. He will provoke and injure all that converse with him, and thereby will multiply his enemies; which is to be understood not only of him, but also of his... read more
Thou God seest me; thou hast been pleased to take notice and care of me, and graciously to manifest thyself unto me. After him that seeth me, i.e. after that God whose eye is upon me for good. So she chides herself for her neglect of God, and of his providence, and that not only in her master's house, but even here in the wilderness, where her desolate and miserable condition should have made her look after and call upon God for help. Or rather, these are words of admiration: q.d. Have I also... read more
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
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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 16:13
‘THOU GOD SEEST ME’‘She called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me.’ Genesis 16:13 These verses are connected with one of those primitive revelations by which in the early ages of the world waiting souls were led forward in the knowledge of God and in personal faith. Consider the testimony of Divine grace I. In the name of the Lord in which grace was embodied by Hagar.—Hagar’s seeing God was God’s seeing Hagar. The vision was not merely objective, but subjective. The... read more