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- Genesis
- Chapter 16
- Verse 9
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
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Gill's Exposition
And the angel of the Lord said unto her,.... The same angel; though Jarchi thinks that one angel after another was sent, and that at every speech there was a fresh angel; and because this phrase is…
- 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…
Here is the first mention we have in scripture of an angel's appearance. Hagar was a type of the law, which was given by the disposition of angels; but the world to come is not put in subjection to…
Cambridge Bible
And the angel of the Lord said Notice the triple repetition of these sayings of the Angel in Gen 16:9-11, containing in Gen 16:16 the injunction to return and submit, in Gen 16:16 the promise of a…
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