John Gill Commentary Genesis 16:9

"And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands." — Genesis 16:9 (ASV)

And the angel of the Lord said to her
The same angel; though Jarchi thinks that one angel after another was sent, and that at every speech there was a fresh angel; and because this phrase is repeated again and again, some of the Rabbis have fancied there were four angels ^F18 , and others five, but without any reason:

return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands ;
go back to her, humble yourself before her, acknowledge your fault, enter into her service again, and be subject to her; do her work and business, bear her corrections and chastisements; and "suffer yourself to be afflicted" {s}, by her, as the word may be rendered; take all patiently from her, which will be much more to your profit and advantage than to pursue the course you are in: and the more to encourage her to take his advice, he promises the following things, (Genesis 16:10–12) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F18: Bereshit Rabba, ut supra. (sect. 45. fol. 41. 1.)