Genesis 16:8
And he said, Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, from where have thou come? And where are thou going? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
9And the agent of LORD said to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
Cross References
Genesis 4:10And he said, What have thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood cries to me from the ground.
Genesis 16:4And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Judges 19:17And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city. And the old man said, Where do thou go? And from where do thou come?
1 Kings 19:9And he came to a cave there, and lodged there. And, behold, the word of LORD came to him, and he said to him, What are thou doing here, Elijah?
Ecclesiastes 10:4If the spirit of the ruler rises up against thee, leave not thy place, for deference allays great offences.
Ephesians 6:5Bondmen, be obedient to the masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 16:8-10
7 And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. 9 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. Here is the first mention we have in scripture of an angel's appearance. Hagar was a type of the law, which was given by the disposition of angels; but the world… Read the whole commentary →