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Now Sarai, Abram`s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

1. הנר hāgār — Hagar, “flight.” Hejrah, the flight of Muhammad.

7. מלאך mal'ak “messenger, angel.” A dep…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Now Sarai. —The history of Abram is given in a succession of brief narratives, written possibly by the patriarch …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife. Moses here relates a new account, specifically, that Sarai, through impatience from long delay, resorted to a met…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children
She was previously said to be barren, and he was childle ([Reference G…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Sarai, no longer expecting to have children herself, proposed to Abram that he take another wife, through whom she might have children. This wife w…

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