And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
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And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived,.... The formality of the marriage being over, he enjoyed her as his wife, and she immediately conceived by him:
and when she saw that she had conceived;…
- The Birth of Ishmael 1. הנר hāgār, Hagar, “flight.” Hejrah, the flight of Muhammed. 7. מלאך mal'ak “messenger, angel.” A deputy commissioned to discharge a certain duty for the principal whom he…
We have here the immediate bad consequences of Abram's unhappy marriage to Hagar. A great deal of mischief it made quickly. When we do not well both sin and trouble lie at the door; and we may thank…
Cambridge Bible
was despised in her eyes Compare the story in 1Samuel 1, where the two wives are both "free," and one is childless. Here the "free" wife, the mistress (gebéreth), gives her own maidservant (âmâh) to…
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