Genesis 16:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 16:8

6 ^aSo Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, ^bshe fled from her presence.

7 Now the ^aAngel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, ^bby the spring on the way to ^cShur.

8 And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”

9 The Angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and ^asubmit yourself under her hand.”

10 Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, ^a“I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.”

11 And the Angel of the Lord said to her:
“Behold, you are with child,
^aAnd you shall bear a son.
You shall call his name¹ Ishmael,
Because the Lord has heard your affliction.

12 ^aHe shall be a wild man;
His hand shall be against every man,
And every man’s hand against him.
^bAnd he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”

13 Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, You-Are-¹the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, “Have I also here² seen Him ^awho sees me?”

14 Therefore the well was called ^aBeer Lahai Roi; observe, it is ^bbetween Kadesh and Bered.

15 So ^aHagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

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Definitions of words in Genesis 16:8:

Come {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Hagar {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Hagar {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Hagar {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Have {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Mistress {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Presence {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sarai {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing Genesis 16:8:

Ishmael (1) {I.S.B.E.}

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