{"id":399,"date":"2022-09-23T22:44:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T03:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-genesis-169\/"},"modified":"2022-09-23T22:44:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T03:44:15","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-genesis-169","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-genesis-169\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 16:9"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p> <strong> 9<\/strong>. <em> And the angel of the Lord said<\/em> ] Notice the triple repetition of these sayings of the Angel in <span class='bible'><em> Gen 16:9-11<\/em><\/span>, containing in <span class='bible'><em> Gen 16:9<\/em><\/span> the injunction to return and submit, in <span class='bible'><em> Gen 16:10<\/em><\/span> the promise of a multitude of descendants, and in <span class='bible'><em> Gen 16:11-12<\/em><\/span> the name and character of her future son. <span class='bible'>Gen 16:9-10<\/span> both begin with the same words as <span class='bible'><em> Gen 16:11<\/em><\/span>, and probably are editorial additions from different versions of the story.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong>And the angel of the Lord said unto her<\/strong>,&#8230;. 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 repeated again and again, some of the Rabbins have fancied there were four angels r, and others five, but without any reason:<\/p>\n<p><strong>return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands<\/strong>; go back to her, humble thyself before her, acknowledge thy fault, enter into her service again, and be subject to her; do her work and business, bear her corrections and chastisements; and &#8220;suffer thyself to be afflicted&#8221; s, by her, as the word may be rendered; take all patiently from her, which will be much more to thy profit and advantage than to pursue the course thou art in: and the more to encourage her to take his advice, he promises the following things, <span class='bible'>Ge 16:10<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>r Bereshit Rabba, ut supra. (sect. 45. fol. 41. 1.) s  &#8220;te patere affligi&#8221;, Junius Tremellius, Piscator &#8220;quid si, patere te affligi?&#8221; Drusius.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>(9) <strong>Submit thyself.<\/strong>Heb., <em>humble thyself. <\/em>It is the verb translated <em>dealt hardly <\/em>in <span class='bible'>Gen. 16:6<\/span>. The angel therefore commands her to take the position which Sarai was forcing upon her; and by so doing proves to us that there had been no personal maltreatment. Commentators have taken this notion, not from the Hebrew, but from the English Version.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Ellicott&#8217;s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <strong> 9<\/strong>. <strong> <\/strong> <strong> Return submit <\/strong> The only way to attain the true freedom and independence . The word rendered <strong> submit thyself <\/strong> is the Hithpael form of the verb rendered <em> dealt hardly <\/em> in <span class='bible'>Gen 16:6<\/span>.  , rendered <em> affliction <\/em> in <span class='bible'>Gen 16:11<\/span>, is from the same root. The sense is: Go back, and allow thyself to be afflicted under the hands of thy mistress. Her reward for such self-humiliation is announced in the next three verses.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Whedon&#8217;s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> &lsquo;And the angel of Yahweh said to her, &ldquo;Return to your mistress and submit yourself to her hands.&rdquo; &rsquo; <\/p>\n<p> That is the human side. She must acknowledge her status and do what is right accordingly. But in return her future is guaranteed. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> Gen 16:9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.<\/p>\n<p> Ver. 9. <strong> Return to thy mistress.<\/strong> ] When now she had smarted, she is in case to be counselled. There is great skill in the choice of a fit time for admonition. It is not to give a man a purge in a fever-fit. <\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/p>\n<p> Submit thyself.<\/strong> ] Heb., Afflict thyself, or suffer thyself to be afflicted or humbled under her hands. The like counsel is given us all by St James, &#8220;Be afflicted, and weep, and mourn,&#8221; &amp;c, &#8220;Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, and he will lift you up&#8221; Jam 4:9-10 <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Trapp&#8217;s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>angel (See Scofield &#8220;Heb 1:4&#8221;). <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>submit: Ecc 10:4, Eph 5:21, Eph 6:5, Eph 6:6, Tit 2:9, 1Pe 2:18-25, 1Pe 5:5, 1Pe 5:6 <\/p>\n<p>Reciprocal: Gen 16:13 &#8211; called Gen 21:17 &#8211; the angel Gen 22:11 &#8211; angel 1Ti 6:1 &#8211; count Tit 2:5 &#8211; keepers Heb 13:17 &#8211; submit<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>16:9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, {e} Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.<\/p>\n<p>(e) God rejects no estate of people in their misery, but sends them comfort.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. 9. 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