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Genesis 16:9 KJV
Genesis · chapter 16 · verse 9
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.Genesis 16:9 · King James Version
Genesis 16:9 in context
7And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
8And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
10And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
11And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- mistressgᵉberethmistressH1404 →
- Returnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- submitʻânâhto depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitiveH6031 →
- angelmălʼâka messengerH4397 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Here is the first mention we have in scripture of an angel's appearance. Hagar was a type of the law, which was given by the disposition of angels; but the world to come is not put in subjection to them, Heb 2:5. Observe, I. How the angel arrested her in her flight, Heb 2:7.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-9