Berean Standard Bible
Genesis 16:4-14
4And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.1
5Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”
6“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
7Now the angel2 of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur. 8“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?”
“I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.
9So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.” 10Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”
11The angel of the LORD proceeded:
13So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,4” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!” 14Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi.5 It is located between Kadesh and Bered.
Notes
- 1. Genesis 16:4 Or her mistress became despised in her sight ↩
- 2. Genesis 16:7 Or Angel; also in verses 9, 10, and 11; corresponding pronouns may also be capitalized. ↩
- 3. Genesis 16:11 Ishmael means God hears. ↩
- 4. Genesis 16:13 Hebrew El-Roi ↩
- 5. Genesis 16:14 Beer-lahai-roi means well of the Living One who sees me. ↩
Commentaries on Genesis 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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