Genesis 16:9 - Exposition

And the angel of the Lord said unto her —as Paul afterwards practically said to Onesimus, the runaway slave of Philemon ( vide Philippians 12)— return to thy mistress, and submit thyself —the verb here employed is the same as that, which the historian uses to describe Sarah's conduct towards her ( Philemon 1:6 ); its meaning obviously is that she should meekly resign herself to the ungracious and oppressive treatment of her mistress— under her hands.