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Genesis 16

Gen. 16:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now Sarai
Saray (Hebrew #8297)
dominative; Sarai, the wife of Abraham
KJV usage: Sarai.
Pronounce: saw-rah'-ee
Origin: from 8269
Abram’s
'Abram (Hebrew #87)
high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham
KJV usage: Abram.
Pronounce: ab-rawm'
Origin: contracted from 48
wife
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
bare
yalad (Hebrew #3205)
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
KJV usage: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Pronounce: yaw-lad'
Origin: a primitive root
him no
lo' (Hebrew #3808)
or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows)
KJV usage: X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.
Pronounce: lo
Origin: or lowi {lo}
children
yalad (Hebrew #3205)
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
KJV usage: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Pronounce: yaw-lad'
Origin: a primitive root
: and she had an handmaid
shiphchah (Hebrew #8198)
a female slave (as a member of the household)
KJV usage: (bond-, hand-)maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.
Pronounce: shif-khaw'
Origin: feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see 4940)
, ane Egyptian
Mitsriy (Hebrew #4713)
a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim
KJV usage: Egyptian, of Egypt.
Pronounce: mits-ree'
Origin: from 4714
, whose name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
wasf Hagar
Hagar (Hebrew #1904)
Hagar, the mother of Ishmael
KJV usage: Hagar.
Pronounce: haw-gawr'
Origin: of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation
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Gen. 21:9• 9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. (Gen. 21:9)
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Gal. 4:24• 24Which things are given allegorically, for these are two covenants, one from Mount Sina, gendering unto bondage, which is Agar. (Gal. 4:24)

More on:

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Abram,
Egyptians,
Hagar,
Handmaid; Handmaiden,
Sarai,
Wife

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  Sarai, being barren, gives Hagar to Abram.
4-6:  Hagar, being afflicted for despising her mistress, runs away.
7-12:  An angel commands her to return and submit herself, promises her a numerous posterity, and shows their character and condition.
13-14:  Hagar names the place, and returns to Sarai.
15:  Ishmael is born.
16:  The age of Abram.
A.M. 2092.
B.C. 1912.
bare.
Gen. 15:2‑3• 2And Abram said, Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless? and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
 3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. (Gen. 15:2‑3)
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Gen. 21:10,12• 10Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
 12And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. (Gen. 21:10,12)
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Gen. 25:21• 21And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she [was] barren; and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebecca his wife conceived. (Gen. 25:21)
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Judg. 13:2• 2There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah. And his wife was barren, and bare not. (Judg. 13:2)
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Luke 1:7,36• 7And they had no child, because Elisabeth was barren; and they were both advanced in years.
 36And behold, Elizabeth, thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her that was called barren: (Luke 1:7,36)
Egyptian.
Gen. 12:16• 16And he treated Abram well on her account; and he had sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she-asses and camels. (Gen. 12:16)
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Gen. 21:9,21• 9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
 21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. (Gen. 21:9,21)
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Gal. 4:24• 24Which things are given allegorically, for these are two covenants, one from Mount Sina, gendering unto bondage, which is Agar. (Gal. 4:24)
Agar.
• In this chapter we have the account of Abraham’s attempt to secure the promise of the heir through the flesh on the ground of works, that is by his own efforts. (“The Flesh and the Law: Genesis 16” by H. Smith)
• Abraham was brought forward as the great example of those who “through faith and patience inherit the promises” (Heb. 6:12-15). In his history, as so often with ourselves, we see that on occasions he broke down in the very things of which, in the main, he is a striking example. In chapter 12, as we have seen, his faith failed when put to the test. Here, in chapter 16, his patience breaks down under a fresh test. (“The Flesh and the Law: Genesis 16” by H. Smith)
• Though he himself had been restored, the result of his lapse into Egypt was still manifest. Something of the world had been introduced into his household which, if he acted in the flesh, was ready to be used. How true it is that what a man sows that shall he also reap. (“The Flesh and the Law: Genesis 16” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Sarai Abram’s wife did not bear him children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagare.

JND Translation Notes

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Flight.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Sarai Abram’s wife did not bear him children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagar.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)