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He said, "Hagar, Sarai`s handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai."
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God's Searching Questions
Commentators note that the angel's questions—"Where have you come from?" and "Where are you going?"—were not for his own information. They were designed to make Hagar reflect on what she was leaving (a place of duty and God's presence in Abram's home) and where she was headed (toward the danger and idolatry of Egypt). This serves as a powerful model for us to ask ourselves the same questions when we are tempted to flee our circumstances or duties.
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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
From where did you come? —It is noteworthy that in these Divine communications God’s knowledge of all the circumstances i…
16th Century
Protestant
And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid. By the use of this epithet, the angel declares that she still remained a servant, though she had escaped…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid He calls her by her name, which might surprise her, and describes her by her charac…
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…