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The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction.
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The Angel is God Himself
Multiple commentators note that the 'angel of the Lord' speaks with divine authority, using phrases like 'I will multiply' (v. 10), a prerogative of God alone. This leads them to conclude that this was not a created angel but a direct manifestation of God Himself, what theologians often call a Christophany or a pre-incarnate appearance of the Son of God.
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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
Ishmael. —That is, God hears. Like Samuel, Ishmael received his name from the events of his mother’s life, and not from a…
16th Century
Protestant
And shalt bear a son. The angel explains what he had briefly said concerning her seed; namely, that it would be impossible to count becaus…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the angel of the Lord said to her Continued his discourse with her, informing her she should have a son, and wha…
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…
