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Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation."
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A Command and a Calling
Commentators explain that God's command to Hagar was more than a momentary instruction; it was a call to be Ishmael's 'brave and faithful protector' for the future. The words were meant to inspire courage and revive her sense of maternal duty, empowering her to act despite her despair.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
מלל mı̂lēl “speak,” an ancient and therefore solemn and poetical word.
חמת chêmet “bottle,…
19th Century
Anglican
Hold him in your hand. —Literally, strengthen your hand in him, hold him firmly. As Jerome remarks, the boy thus going ha…
16th Century
Protestant
Arise lift up the lad. In order that she might have more courage to bring up her son, God confirms to her what he had often promised to Ab…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Arise, lift up the lad She had set herself down at some distance, and now she is bid to rise up and go to the place …
If Hagar and Ishmael had behaved well in Abraham's family, they might have continued there; but they were justly punished. By abusing privileges, w…
