[FONT=Verdana]- [B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 16:13a . . And she called Yhvh who spoke to her: You Are El-roi[/B] The author of Genesis was privy to the identity of the mysterious person speaking with Hagar but she wasn't, and that's why she gave him a name of her own. But I cannot be certain what it is because there seems no consensus among translators how best say it in English; neither in Jewish bibles nor in Christian bibles. In Hebrew; the words are: [I]'Ataah 'Eel R'iy[/I] ...
[FONT=Verdana]- [B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 16:9 . . And the angel of the Lord said to her: Go back to your mistress, and submit to her harsh treatment.[/B] That was no doubt the last thing Ms. Hagar would consider doing; even in a pinch. But the Lord had plans for Hagar's baby about which she was unaware up to this point. [B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 16:10-11 . . And the angel of The Lord said to her: I will greatly increase your offspring, and they ...
[FONT=Verdana]- [B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 16:4 . . He cohabited with Hagar and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became lower in her esteem.[/B] Before this incident, Hagar knew her place and was humble and self effacing around Sarai, but afterwards she regarded her mistress as somewhat less of a woman than herself. There's no record of Hagar gloating over Sarai, but sometimes women communicate just as effectively with "looks" ...
[FONT=Verdana]- [B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 16:1 . . Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.[/B] It's entirely possible that Abram purchased Ms. Hagar while they were all down in Egypt during the famine back in chapter 12. The word for "maidservant" is [I]shiphchah[/I] (shif-khaw') which is a female slave (as a member of the household). So, Hagar wasn't just another skull in the slave pool. ...
[FONT=Verdana]- [B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 15:15a . . As for you,[/B] Abram must have begun to wonder if maybe he too was in danger of oppression and slavery. [B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 15:15b . .You shall go to your fathers in peace;[/B] Have you ever wondered how you'll die-- by accident, poison, in a violent mugging, disease, cancer, car wreck, a fall, hit in the head by a tree limb, or from a random bullet in a drive-by shooting? ...
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