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Genesis

Chapter 16
{Abram Fails to Wait on the Promise From the Lord
  - Abram is going to 'Help' God}
1^~Now Sarai {means contentious}, Abram's woman/wife {ishshah},
bore him no children
  {this is a test from God to see if Abram can wait on the promise of
  God or will he try and solve the problem himself}.
And she had an handmaid/'personal maid', an Egyptian,
whose name . . . {was} Hagar.

{Human Viewpoint Solution to Fulfil God's Promise to Abram}
2^~And Sarai said {'amar} unto Abram,
"Behold now, Jehovah/God has restrained me from bearing
  {blaming the Lord just like Eve did before her}.
I request that you, go in unto my maid
  {idiom for sexual relations}.
It may be that I may obtain children by her.
And Abram listened to the voice {advice} of Sarai.

{Note: There is a lot of human nobility and human sacrifice. She wants her husband to be happy. All of that 'human nobility' is swept aside by one point. When God says He will do something, He will and He does NOT need our help!}

3^~And Sarai, Abram's wife,
took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian,
- after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan -
and gave her to her husband Abram to be his woman/wife {'ishshah}.

4^~And he {Abram} went in unto Hagar {sexual relations},
and she kept on being pregnant {harah}.
And when she {Sarai} saw that she {Hagar} had become pregnant,
her mistress kept on despising {Hagar} in her eyes
  {idiom: meaning 'in her thoughts' - mental attitude sin of jealousy
  and hatred}.

{Note: The point here is antagonism between the two women.}

5^~And Sarai said unto Abram,
"It is all your fault! {chamac idiom: literally 'wronged' or injustice'}
 I have given my maid
into your embrace {cheyq idiom: literally 'bosom'} .
And when she kept on seeing { ra'ah }
that she was pregnant,
{I am} despised in her eyes.
Jehovah/God judge!"

{Note: The picture is pretty clear that the two women are not happy with each other. Sarai has blamed God earlier and now she is blaming Abram for following up on her suggestion. Mental attitude sins abound.}

6^~Abram said unto Sarai,
"Behold, your maid is 'under your authority'
  {yad idiom: literally 'in your hand'}.
Manufacture {'asah - out of your mental attitude sins}/
do to her as it pleases you.
And when Sarai abused/afflicted/bullied her {Hagar},
she {Hagar} fled from her {Sarai} presence/face.

{Theophanic Angel - Appearance of Jesus Christ as the 'Angel of Jehovah'}
7^~And the angel/messenger {mal'ak} of Jehovah/God
found her {Hagar}
  {in grace God finds us! We do not find Him! That is GRACE}
by a fountain/spring {`ayin} of water in the desert . . .
by the fountain/spring {`ayin}
on the way to Shur {on the way to Egypt}.

{Note: In verse 13 we see that this 'messenger' is the Lord Himself on His own mission. The manifest member of the Godhead always is the second member - Jesus Christ. This is the doctrine of Christophanies (Greek for Christ + appearances).}

{Note: RBT says the angel of Jehovah is not always said to be God. So, sometimes, 'Jehovah' in that case is God the Father and the angel is still Jesus Christ, but in those cases, He is on a mission for God the Father.}

8^~ And He said {'amar},
"Hagar, Sarai's maid, from where have you come?
  {she did not know Him, but He knew her!
  And, He knew where she was! So, just as with when Adam was
  hiding in the garden and God went to find Him . . . this means -
  'why are you, where you are?'}
And where will you keep on going?
And she said {'amar},
"I flee from the presence/face of my mistress Sarai."

{Note: Principal is that changing circumstances does not solve any problem - don't run away from your problems. Face your problems.}

9^~And the angel/messenger {mal'ak} of Jehovah/God
said {'amar} {unto her},
" 'Turn back'/'Return'
  {shuwb - same word used for 'repent' and that is the analogy here}
to your mistress,
and submit yourself {`anah imperative - an order}
'under her authority'
  {yad idiom: literally 'in her hand'}."

10^~And the angel/messenger {mal'ak} of Jehovah/God
said {'amar} {unto her},
"I will multiply your seed/progeny tremendously
  {a great section of the Arabs today come from Hagar},
that it shall not be numbered {caphar}
for multitude {tremendously large nations}."

11^~And the angel/messenger {mal'ak} of Jehovah/God
said {'amar} unto her,
"Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son,
and shall call his name Ishmael {means 'the Lord has heard'}.
Because Jehovah/God has heard your affliction."

12^~"He {Ishmael} will be a 'wild ass {pere'} of a man'
  {Ishmael and his descendents are a wild desert peoples}.
'His hand will be against every man,
and every man's hand against him'
  {yad yad - literally: 'hand hand'. The doubling of a word in the
  Hebrew is very strong - this indicates each 'hand' will be against
  the 'hand' of those around him - always battling}.
And he shall keep on dwelling {shakan}
in the presence/face {paniym} of all his brethren/kindred {'ach}."

{Note: One of the great signs of the coming of the Tribulation is the gathering together of the Arabs to attack the Jews in Jerusalem. Until then the Arabs will be at each other's throats.}

{Hagar's Salvation is Recorded}
13^~And she kept on calling {qara'}
 the name {shem} of Jehovah/God
that communicated categorically {dabar} {unto her},
"You El/God see me."
For she said {'amar} {her testimony follows},
"I have seen the One Who saw me
  {God saw me in my time of need,
  and I have 'seen'/accepted Him as Lord}."

{Note: Salvation: Whosoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved!}

14^~Therefore the well was called Beerlahairoi
  {B@'er la-Chay Ro'iy - means 'the well of Him Who lives
  and sees me'}.
Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

{Note: We don't have recorded here what happens. But we know from other verses she came back and there was no further persecution. She returned to the 'mess' and God did take care of the problem. She had her son and they lived with Abram and Sarai for many years.}

15^~And Hagar bore Abram a son.
And Abram called his son's name
- which Hagar bare - Ishmael.

16^~And Abram was fourscore and six years old {86 years old},
when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

{Note: In Genesis 17:1 - the next verse - Abram is now 99 years old. For thirteen years, RBT says peace reigned in the household. God took care of the problem as He promised Hagar and Abram 'waited on the Lord' as he should have from the beginning. God kept his promise AFTER Abram passed the test to 'wait on the promise of the Lord'.}

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