Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Genesis 16
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Genesis 16 . 1 , Sarai , being barren , gives Hagar to Abram; Genesis 16 . 4 , Hagar , being afflicted for despising her mistress , runs away; Genesis 16 . 7 , An angel commands her to return and submit herself , promises her a numerous posterity , and shows their character and condition; Genesis 16 . 13 , Hagar names the place , and returns to Sarai; Genesis 16 . 15 , Ishmael is born; Genesis 16 . 16 , The age of Abram.
Genesis 16:1
Now Abram's wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
Genesis 16:1 · BSB
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Egyptian3 parallels
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- Galatians 4:24 Agar
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- Genesis 11:30 barren
- Genesis 16:8 Sarai's maid
- Genesis 20:1 Kadesh
- Genesis 29:24 Zilpah
- Genesis 29:31 he opened
- 1 Samuel 1:2 but
- Romans 4:10 not in circumcision
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Genesis 16:2
So Sarai said to Abram, "Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 16:2 · BSB
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- Genesis 11:30 barren
- Genesis 19:31 to come
- 1 Samuel 1:2 but
- Luke 1:7 they had
- Acts 7:5 when
- Galatians 4:22 that
Genesis 16:3
So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.
Genesis 16:3 · BSB
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- Genesis 21:9 Sarah
- Genesis 22:24 concubine
- Genesis 30:3 Behold
- Galatians 4:24 Agar
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Genesis 16:4
And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
Genesis 16:4 · BSB
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- Genesis 16:8 Sarai's maid
- Genesis 19:31 to come
- Galatians 4:24 Agar
- 1 Timothy 6:2 let
Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me."
Genesis 16:5 · BSB
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Reciprocal7 parallels
- Genesis 16:3 gave
- Deuteronomy 13:6 thy brother
- Judges 11:10 be witness
- Judges 11:27 be judge
- 1 Samuel 20:23 the Lord
- 1 Kings 1:2 lie
- 1 Timothy 6:2 let
Genesis 16:6
"Here," said Abram, "your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her." Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
Genesis 16:6 · BSB
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as it pleaseth thee1 parallel
Heb. that which is good in thine eyes , dealt hardly with her. Heb. afflicted her
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- Genesis 45:16 it pleased Pharaoh well
- Joshua 9:25 we are
- 1 Samuel 29:6 the lords favour
- 1 Kings 12:13 roughly
- 1 Kings 21:2 seem good to thee
- Job 1:12 power
Genesis 16:7
Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.
Genesis 16:7 · BSB
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- Genesis 14:6 Elparan
- Genesis 16:13 called
- Genesis 20:1 Kadesh
- Genesis 21:14 wandered
- Genesis 22:11 angel
- Genesis 31:11 the angel
- Genesis 48:16 Angel
- Exodus 3:2 angel
- Judges 2:1 And an angel
- Judges 13:3 the angel
- 1 Samuel 27:9 left neither
- Acts 7:30 an
Shur The desert of Shur being between the south of Canaan , where Hebron was situated , and Egypt , it is likely that Hagar was returning to her own country.
Genesis 16:8
"Hagar, servant of Sarai," he said, "where have you come from, and where are you going?" "I am running away from my mistress Sarai," she replied.
Genesis 16:8 · BSB
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whence5 parallels
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Reciprocal12 parallels
- Genesis 35:1 when thou
- Numbers 22:9 What men
- Judges 19:17 whither
- 1 Kings 19:9 What doest thou
- 1 Kings 19:13 What doest
- 2 Kings 5:25 Whence
- Job 2:2 From whence
- Acts 9:4 Saul
- Acts 22:7 Saul
- Galatians 4:24 Agar
- Titus 2:5 keepers
- Revelation 7:13 whence
Genesis 16:9
So the angel of the LORD told her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her authority."
Genesis 16:9 · BSB
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- Genesis 16:13 called
- Genesis 21:17 the angel
- Genesis 22:11 angel
- 1 Timothy 6:1 count
- Titus 2:5 keepers
- Hebrews 13:17 submit
Genesis 16:10
Then the angel added, "I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count."
Genesis 16:10 · BSB
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Reciprocal7 parallels
- Genesis 15:5 So
- Genesis 16:13 called
- Genesis 17:4 a father
- Genesis 18:10 he said
- Genesis 21:18 I will
- Genesis 22:11 angel
- Judges 8:24 because
Genesis 16:11
The angel of the LORD proceeded: "Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.
Genesis 16:11 · BSB
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- Genesis 3:20 Adam
- Genesis 16:15 Hagar
- Genesis 21:17 heard
- Genesis 31:42 hath seen
- Genesis 37:25 Ishmeelites
- Exodus 2:10 Because
- Judges 8:24 because
- 1 Chronicles 1:28 Ishmael
Ishmael i.e. God shall hear
Genesis 16:12
He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone's hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers."
Genesis 16:12 · BSB
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The word rendered "wild" also denotes the "wild ass;" the description of which animal in
- Job 39:5-8 affords the very best representation of the wandering , lawless , freebooting life of the Bedouin and other Arabs , the descendants of Ishmael
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- Genesis 37:25 Ishmeelites
- Job 24:5 the wilderness
- Job 30:7 brayed
Genesis 16:13
So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "Here I have seen the One who sees me!"
Genesis 16:13 · BSB
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- Exodus 24:11 they saw
- Judges 2:1 And an angel
- Judges 6:22 because
- Judges 15:19 Enhakkore
- Job 31:4 General
- Job 33:27 I have sinned
- Job 34:21 General
- Psalm 139:2 knowest
- Jeremiah 23:24 hide
- John 1:10 was in
- John 1:18 he hath
Genesis 16:14
Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 16:14 · BSB
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Beer-lahri-roi , That is , The well of him that liveth and seeth me
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- Genesis 14:7 Kadesh
- Genesis 20:1 Kadesh
- Genesis 22:14 called
- Hebrews 7:1 the slaughter
Genesis 16:15
And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
Genesis 16:15 · BSB
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- Judges 8:31 concubine
- Galatians 4:24 Agar
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Genesis 16:16
Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.
Genesis 16:16 · BSB
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- Genesis 17:1 was
- Galatians 4:24 Agar
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