Genesis 16

Genesis 16:2

HAth rstrained me] the Italian Hath made mee barren] The Hebrew hath shut me up: Goe in] Through the great desire she had of having issue by Abraham, to whom the promises were made: Sarah perswadeth Abraham, to take this Concubine unto him, which was in those dayes tolerated, though contrary to Gods first order. Malachi 2:15. See Gen. 30. 3. 9 Obtaine] Adopting for mine owne those children which she shall beare, which I may doe, being her Mistresse. See concerning these ancient adoptions Genesis 30:3. 2 Sam. 21 8. Hest. 2. 7.

Genesis 16:5

Be upon thee] Thou oughtest to right me, chastising and rebuking thy servant; for by thy connivence thou makest thy selfe guilty of the wrong she doth me: or I being thy lawfull wife, the injury done unto me, redounds upon thee into thy bosome] for to be thy Concubine.

Genesis 16:7

The Angell] This was the everlasting sonne of God, which appeared personally to the fathers, under corporall shapes, cloathed with some beams of brightnesse, and other celestiall qualities: and therefore 13. he is called everlasting Lord, by reason of his essence, and Angel, by reason of this speciall embassage, and his generall office of Mediator. Ex. 14. 19. and 23. 20. Isaiah 63:9. Malachi 3:1 Shur] A place in the desert, betweene Egypt and Palestina.

Genesis 16:10

I will mliply] This sheweth that hee that spake was true God.

Genesis 16:11

Ishmael] That is to say, God hath heard, or will heare.

Genesis 16:12

A man] That is to say, he and his posterity, a fierce and rough people, that shall live in no civill conversation with their neighbours, but in continuall warre: The Italian hath it, Like unto a wilde Asse] because that kind of beast will never be tame. Job 39:8 In the presence] That is to say, the nations that shall descend from Abraham, s hee doth, as the children of Ketura, Abraham’s second wife, and the posterity of Esau; shall be forced to let thy posterity live by them, though it shall much trouble them with incursions, thefts, and wars, and shall not be able to destroy it, nor subdue it.

Genesis 16:13

Seest me] The Italian hath it God of the sight] because thou hast given man his sight, and preseryst it, as thou hast now done by mee, strengthning me that I am able to endure the brightnesse of thy Majesty: Thus saith Hagar after she knew him, that she spake with, to bee the true God Have I] Words of admiration, as if she should say. And is it possible that my life, my light, and my sences have remained entire, after I have seen God in corporall vision; an astonishment which ordinarily mortall, fraile, and sinfull man falleth into, when God appeareth unto him. See Genesis 32:30. Exo. 24. 11. and 33. 20. Deuteronomy 5:24. Jud. 6. 22. and 13. 22. Isaiah 6:5. Luke 5:8.

Genesis 16:14

Beerla hairoi] The Italian hath it, The well of the living after the vision] Or of the person that hath remained alive, after it hath seen God.