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And Sarai, Abram`s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.

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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

Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan. —He was now, therefore, eighty-five years of age (see Genesis 16:16 and Genesis 12:4), an…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. Moses states what Sarai intended, for she intended neither to make her house a brothel, …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian ,
&c.] Took her by the hand, it is probable, and led her …

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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