Genesis 16:8
He asked her, “Hagar, Sarai's slave—where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I'm running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.
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7The angel of the Lord met Hagar at a spring in the desert—the spring on the road to Shur.
9“Go back to your mistress and do what she tells you,” the angel of the Lord told her.
Cross References
Genesis 4:10“What have you done?” the Lord asked. “Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.
Genesis 16:4Abram slept with Hagar and she became pregnant. When she realized she was pregnant, she treated her mistress with contempt.
Judges 19:17He looked over and noticed the traveler in the square and asked, “Where are you going and where have you come from?”
1 Kings 19:9There he entered a cave and spent the night. The Lord spoke to Elijah, and asked him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
Ecclesiastes 10:4If your superior gets angry with you, don't give up and leave. If you stay calm even bad mistakes can be resolved.
Ephesians 6:5Servants, obey those who are your human masters, with proper respect and awe, doing things from sincere motives as if you were serving 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 →