Genesis 16:8

And he said: 'Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou?' And she said: 'I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

9And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.'

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Cross References

Genesis 4:10And He said: 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground.

Genesis 16:4And he went in unto 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 broad place of the city; and the old man said: 'Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?'

1 Kings 19:9And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said unto him: 'What doest thou here, Elijah?'

Ecclesiastes 10:4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.

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 →

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