Genesis 16:8

He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s slave-girl, where have you come from? And where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of mistress Sarai.”

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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

7The messenger of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring in the way to Shur.

9Then the messenger of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit yourself to her authority.”

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Cross References

Genesis 4:10“What have you done?” the Lord replied, “Listen! Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground.

Genesis 16:4and Abram lay with Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress.

Ephesians 6:5Slaves, obey your earthly masters, with anxious care, giving them ungrudging service, as if obeying 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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