Genesis 16:9

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

8and 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.”

10and the Messenger of YHWH says to her, “Multiplying I multiply your seed, and it is not numbered from multitude”;

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Cross References

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;

1 Peter 2:18Servants, be subject in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the crooked;

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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