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And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong [be] upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. 5. My wrong ] i.e. may the wrong done to me be visited on thee! Sarai’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 16:5”

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 4. was despised in her eyes ] Compare the story in 1 Samuel 1, where the two wives are both “free,” and one is childless. Here the “free” wife, the mistress … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 16:4”

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 wife. 3. And Sarai Abram’s wife ] This verse is P’s duplicate version of Gen 16:1-2, adding the number of years that Abram had … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 16:3”

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 2. it may be that I shall obtain children by her ] Heb. lit. be … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 16:2”

Now Sarai Abram’s wife bore him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar. 1 6. Hagar and her Flight into the Desert. (J, P.) 1. handmaid ] or “maidservant,” as in Gen 12:16. The wife generally had a female slave, who was her own property, and not under the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 16:1”

And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. 21. the Amorite, &c.] See Gen 10:15-16. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And the Amorites,…. The same with the Amorite, Ge 10:16; they inhabited both on this and the other side Jordan: and the Canaanites; which were a particular tribe … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 15:21”

And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 20. the Hittite ] See note on Gen 10:15. Probably indicating the presence of Hittite settlements in Canaan bands who had roamed southward from the great Hittite kingdom of the north. the Perizzite, and the Rephaim ] See notes on Gen 13:7, Gen 14:5. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 15:20”

The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 19. the Kenite ] Dwellers in the S. of Canaan, connected with the Amalekites and noted for their subsequent friendly relations with Israel. Cf. Num 24:20-21; Jdg 4:17; 1Sa 15:6. the Kenizzite ] Also a people on the Edomite border of Canaan; cf. Kenaz, Gen 36:11. Caleb, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 15:19”

In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: 18. the Lord made a covenant ] A covenant, or compact, as between man and man, is necessarily impossible between God and man. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 15:18”

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. 17. a smoking furnace ] The sign of the covenant is given in the appearance of a kiln, from which issued smoke and a blazing torch; and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 15:17”