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The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."
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The Angel Who is God
Commentators unanimously highlight that the 'angel of the Lord' is God Himself. The key evidence is the phrase 'I will multiply,' a divine promise only God can make. Many ancient and modern scholars, including Matthew Henry and John Calvin, see this as an appearance of the Son of God before His incarnation, demonstrating God's direct, personal intervention in Hagar's life.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
1. הנר hāgār — Hagar, “flight.” Hejrah, the flight of Muhammad.
7. מלאך mal'ak “messenger, angel.” A dep…
19th Century
Anglican
I will multiply your seed. We have here the purpose of the Divine manifestation. Abram’s son must not be mixed up with an…
16th Century
Protestant
I will multiply your seed exceedingly. For the purpose of mitigating the offense and alleviating what was severe in the precept, he offers…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the angel of the Lord said to her The same as before, who, by what follows, appears to be Jehovah himself:
Hagar was out of her place, and out of the way of her duty, and going further astray, when the Angel found her. It is a great mercy to be stopped i…
