Genesis 16:8
So he said Hagar! handmaid of Sarai! Whence hast thou come, and whither wouldst thou go? And she said, From the face of Sarai, my lady, am, I, fleeing.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
9And the messenger of Yahweh said to her, Return unto thy lady,—and humble thyself under her hands.
Cross References
Genesis 4:10And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed-blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground,
Genesis 16:4And he went in unto Hagar and she conceived,—and when she saw that she had conceived, lightly esteemed, was her lady, in her eyes.
Judges 19:17So he lifted up his eyes, and saw a wayfaring man in the broadway of the city,—and the old man said—Whither goest thou? and from whence hast thou come?
1 Kings 19:9And he entered, there, into a cave, and lodged there,—and lo! the word of Yahweh [came] unto him, and said to him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
Ecclesiastes 10:4If, the spirit of a ruler, riseth up against thee, thy place, do not leave, for gentleness, pacifieth such as have greatly erred.
Ephesians 6:5Ye servants, be obedient unto them who, after the flesh, are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto 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 →