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Text -- Genesis 16:6-16 (NET)
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16:6 Abram said to Sarai , “Since your servant is under your authority , do to her whatever you think best .” Then Sarai treated Hagar harshly , so she ran away from Sarai .
16:7 The Lord’s angel found Hagar near a spring of water in the desert – the spring that is along the road to Shur .
16:8 He said , “Hagar , servant of Sarai , where have you come from, and where are you going ?” She replied , “I’m running away from my mistress , Sarai .”
16:9 Then the Lord’s angel said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority .
16:10 I will greatly multiply your descendants ,” the Lord’s angel added , “so that they will be too numerous to count .”
16:11 Then the Lord’s angel said to her, “You are now pregnant and are about to give birth to a son . You are to name him Ishmael , for the Lord has heard your painful groans .
16:12 He will be a wild donkey of a man . He will be hostile to everyone , and everyone will be hostile to him. He will live away from his brothers .”
16:13 So Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, “You are the God who sees me,” for she said , “Here I have seen one who sees me!”
16:14 That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi . (It is located between Kadesh and Bered .)
16:15 So Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son , whom Abram named Ishmael .
16:16 (Now Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael .)
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Hagar |
Beer-lahai-roi |
Abraham |
Polygamy |
CHILD; CHILDREN |
PAPYRUS |
PENTATEUCH, 2B |
PENTATEUCH, 2A |
ASTRONOMY, III |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
GENESIS, 4 |
Servant |
Concubine |
ISHMAEL (1) |
Lahai-roi |
TRINITY, 1 |
Afflictions and Adversities |
Ishmael |
Prayer |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
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NET Notes -> Gen 16:6; Gen 16:6; Gen 16:6; Gen 16:6; Gen 16:6; Gen 16:6; Gen 16:7; Gen 16:7; Gen 16:8; Gen 16:9; Gen 16:10; Gen 16:10; Gen 16:11; Gen 16:11; Gen 16:11; Gen 16:11; Gen 16:11; Gen 16:12; Gen 16:12; Gen 16:12; Gen 16:12; Gen 16:13; Gen 16:13; Gen 16:13; Gen 16:14; Gen 16:14; Gen 16:14; Gen 16:15; Gen 16:15; Gen 16:16; Gen 16:16; Gen 16:16
NET Notes: Gen 16:6 Heb “and she fled from her presence.” The referent of “her” (Sarai) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Gen 16:7 Heb “And the angel of the Lord found her near the spring of water in the desert, near the spring on the way to Shur.”
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NET Notes: Gen 16:11 This clause gives the explanation of the name Ishmael, using a wordplay. Ishmael’s name will be a reminder that “God hears” Hagar...
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NET Notes: Gen 16:12 Heb “opposite, across from.” Ishmael would live on the edge of society (cf. NASB “to the east of”). Some take this as an idiom...
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NET Notes: Gen 16:13 For a discussion of Hagar’s exclamation, see T. Booij, “Hagar’s Words in Genesis 16:13b,” VT 30 (1980): 1-7.
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NET Notes: Gen 16:14 Heb “look.” The words “it is located” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
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NET Notes: Gen 16:15 Whom Abram named Ishmael. Hagar must have informed Abram of what the angel had told her. See the note on the name “Ishmael” in 16:11.
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