Genesis 16:8
He said to her, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She replied, “I have run away from Sarai, my mistress.”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
9The angel said, “Go back to your mistress and be under her authority [MTY]”.
Cross References
Genesis 4:10Yahweh said, “You have done a terrible thing [RHQ]! So now it is as though your younger brother’s voice is crying to me from the ground, demanding that his death must be avenged.
Genesis 16:4He ◄slept with/had sex with► [EUP] Hagar and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress Sarai.
Judges 19:17He realized that the man from the tribe of Levi was only traveling and did not have a home in that city. So he asked the man, “Where have you come from? And where are you going?”
1 Kings 19:9He went into a cave there and slept there that night. The next morning, Yahweh said to him “Elijah, why are you here?”
Ecclesiastes 10:4Do not quit working for a ruler when he is angry with you; if you remain calm, he will probably stop being angry.
Ephesians 6:5You slaves, obey those who are your masters. Obey them very respectfully and sincerely [DOU], just like you obey 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 →