Genesis 16:8

and He says, “Hagar, Sarai’s handmaid, from where have you come, and to where do you go?” And she says, “From the presence of Sarai, my mistress, I am fleeing.”

Literal Standard Version

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 Messenger of YHWH finds her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way [to] Shur,

9And the Messenger of YHWH says to her, “Return to your mistress, and humble yourself under her hands”;

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Cross References

Genesis 4:10And He says, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground;

Genesis 16:4and he goes in to Hagar, and she conceives, and she sees that she has conceived, and her mistress is lightly esteemed in her eyes.

Judges 19:17And he lifts up his eyes, and sees the man, the traveler, in a broad place of the city, and the old man says, “To where do you go? And where do you come from?”

1 Kings 19:9And he comes in there, to the cave, and lodges there, and behold, the word of YHWH [is] to him, and says to him, “What are you [doing] here, Elijah?”

Ecclesiastes 10:4If the spirit of the ruler goes up against you, do not leave your place, || For yielding quiets great sinners.

Ephesians 6:5The servants: obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the 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 →

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