Genesis 16:8
He said, “Hagar, Sarai's servant, where did you come from and where are you going?” Then she said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.”
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9The angel of Yahweh said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority.”
Cross References
Genesis 4:10Yahweh said, “What have you done? Your brother's blood is calling out to me from the ground.
Genesis 16:4So he had relations with Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress.
Judges 19:17He raised his eyes and saw the traveler in the city square. The old man said, “Where are you going? Where are you coming from?”
1 Kings 19:9He went to a cave there and stayed in it. Then the word of Yahweh came to him and said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
Ecclesiastes 10:4If the emotions of a ruler rise up against you, do not leave your work. 2 Calm can quiet down great outrage. 1
Ephesians 6:5Slaves, be obedient to your human masters with deep respect and trembling, in the honesty of your heart. Be obedient to them as you would be obedient to 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 →