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F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 16:1-16

Abram’s Son Ishmael Genesis 16:1-16 Poor Hagar! What contrasts met in her life! Bought in an Egyptian slave-mart, but destined to be the mother of a great people! She is not the last to suffer from the mistakes and sins of God’s children, but she was abundantly recompensed. Abram did her a great wrong. Human policy will often suggest a course which seems right in our own eyes, but the end is death. How remarkable is the advice given to Hagar by the angel: return and submit! Does not the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 16:1-16

The previous story makes it evident that the principle of faith is the true philosophy of life. It builds on God and is satisfied with Him. It thus becomes the source of all righteousness. Faith, therefore, is the highest activity of reason. All this stands out in even more startling vividness by contrast in the story contained in this chapter. Here we have the account of the second deflection from faith in the conduct of Abram. It is a sad one and the issue of the failure continued through... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 16:1-16

Genesis 16:1-Nehemiah : . Sarah has no children, so she hits on a plan of which we have other examples ( Genesis 30:3; Genesis 30:9). She hands over Hagar to Abraham, that the maid may compensate for the deficiency of her mistress. The maid is the wife’ s peculiar property, and therefore not, like ordinary slaves, at the master’ s disposal. Nor, presumably, would Abraham’ s child by one of his slaves have been a legitimate son. It is through the connexion between mistress and maid that Hagar’... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 16:12

He will be a wild man; Heb. A wild-ass man, i.e. a man like a wild ass, fierce and untamed, and unsettled in his habitation; or as that creature is, Job 39:5,Job 39:8; Jeremiah 2:24; Hosea 8:9, living in deserts and mountains, warlike and violent, exercising himself continually in hunting beasts, and oppressing men. See Genesis 21:20. He will provoke and injure all that converse with him, and thereby will multiply his enemies; which is to be understood not only of him, but also of his... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 16:7-12

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 16:6. Dealt hardly.] Heb. Afflicted her. The word is too strong to indicate merely the employment of sharp and reproachful expressions; acts of oppression are intended. Genesis 16:7. The angel of the Lord.] This remarkable title occurs here for the first time in the O.T. Here it is evidently to be understood of God Himself. (Genesis 16:13.) God, who is Himself invisible, visited her under the appearance of an angel, the Angel of the Covenant—the Second Person in the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 16:1-16

Chapter 16Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai ( Genesis 16:1-2 ).It's a mistake. Not always is it a mistake to hearken unto the voice of your wife but this is the second time it speaks of a man hearkening to the voice of his wife and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 16:1-16

Genesis 16:1. God had promised Abraham a son, but had not said that he should be born of Sarah. Hence his wife having no hope in herself, almost compelled him to receive Hagar to his bed, not considering the painful consequences likely to ensue. Genesis 16:2. I may obtain children by her. It being a customary law that a patriarch must have children, a dotal maid was often given with the bride, that in case of failure of issue, the maid might bear children for her mistress. Pharaoh, it is... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 16:7-12

Genesis 16:7-12Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou?--Providence and the outcastI. PROVIDENCE FINDS THE OUTCAST AND MISERABLE. 1. There are occasions in human life when the providence of God specially manifests itself. 2. Providence finds us for a purpose of mercy. 3. Providence is minute in its care and knowledge. II. PROVIDENCE TEACHES THE OUTCAST AND MISERABLE. 1. Lessons of reproof. 2. Lessons of instruction and guidance. III. PROVIDENCE INSPIRES HOPE IN THE OUTCAST AND MISERABLE. 1. The... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 16:12

Genesis 16:12He will be a wild manThe national character of the Arabs foretoldI.THESE WORDS CONTAIN NOT A MERE CONTINGENT PROMISE, BUT A SPECIFIC PREDICTION OF FUTURE EVENTS. A bare announcement of what would be the physical, moral, and social condition of the person or persons to whom the passage refers. II. THESE WORDS ARE INTENDED TO APPLY, NOT MERELY TO THE PERSONAL HISTORY AND CHARACTER OF ISHMAEL, BUT TO THE HISTORY AND CHARACTER OF HIS OFFSPRING. Some of the terms employed and some of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 16:12

Gen 16:12 And he will be a wild man; his hand [will be] against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. Ver. 12. And he will be a wild man. ] Heb., A wild ass, which is fierce, untractable, and untameable. And such by nature is every mother’s child of us, Job 11:12 "a wild ass’s colt." An ass is none of the wisest of creatures, much less an ass’s colt; least of all, a wild ass’s colt. Lo, such is man. His hand will be against every... read more

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 16:1-16

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 16:1-16

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 16:1-16

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 16:12

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 16:7-12

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 16:1-16

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 16:1-16

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 16:7-12

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 16:12

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 16:12

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