Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Genesis
Chapter 16  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 16:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 16:1 JFB -> Commentary on 16:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 16:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 16:1 TSK -> Commentary on 16:1 TSK -> Entry for 16:1 WEN -> Notes on 16:1 NTB -> Hagar; Polygamy; Sarah; Servant EBD -> Abraham; Concubine; Hagar; Handmaid; Marriage SBD -> Abraham; Hagar 16:1 - [In Context] Sarai was Abram's wife. She and Abram had no children. Sarai had a servant from Egypt. Her name was Hagar.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 16:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 16:2 JFB -> Commentary on 16:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 16:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 16:2 TSK -> Commentary on 16:2 TSK -> Entry for 16:2 WEN -> Notes on 16:2 NTB -> Childlessness; Responsibility; Sarah; Servant EBD -> Barren; Hagar; Marriage SBD -> Children; Hagar 16:2 - [In Context] Sarai said to Abram, "The Lord has not allowed me to have children. So go with my servant Hagar. I will accept the child that is born from her like it is my own." Abram obeyed his wife Sarai.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 16:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 16:3 JFB -> Commentary on 16:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 16:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 16:3 SRN -> Study Notes on 16:3 TSK -> Commentary on 16:3 TSK -> Entry for 16:3 WEN -> Notes on 16:3 NTB -> Abraham; Bastard; Concubinage; Sarah EBD -> Ishmael; Marriage SBD -> Hagar 16:3 - [In Context] This was after Abram lived ten years in the land of Canaan. And Sarai gave Hagar to her husband Abram. (Hagar was her servant from Egypt.)
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 16:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 16:4 JFB -> Commentary on 16:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 16:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 16:4 TSK -> Commentary on 16:4 TSK -> Entry for 16:4 WEN -> Notes on 16:4 NTB -> Sarah TTT -> Contempt EBD -> Marriage SBD -> Marriage 16:4 - [In Context] Hagar became pregnant from Abram. When Hagar saw this, she became very proud and began to feel that she was better than Sarai her master.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 16:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 16:5 JFB -> Commentary on 16:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 16:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 16:5 TSK -> Commentary on 16:5 TSK -> Entry for 16:5 WEN -> Notes on 16:5 NTB -> Envy; God (continued); Jealousy; Responsibility; Sarah EBD -> Bosom; Meekness; Oath 16:5 - [In Context] But Sarai said to Abram, "My servant now hates me. And I blame you for this. I gave her to you. She became pregnant. And then she began to feel that she is better than I am. I want the Lord to judge which of us is right."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 16:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 16:6 JFB -> Commentary on 16:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 16:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 16:6 TSK -> Commentary on 16:6 TSK -> Entry for 16:6 WEN -> Notes on 16:6 NTB -> Cruelty; Envy; Master; Oppression; Sarah; Servant TTT -> Servants EBD -> Face; Meekness 16:6 - [In Context] But Abram said to Sarai, "Hagar is your slave. You can do anything you want to her." So Sarai was mean to her servant Hagar, and Hagar ran away.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 16:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 16:7 JFB -> Commentary on 16:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 16:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 16:7 SRN -> Study Notes on 16:7 TSK -> Commentary on 16:7 TSK -> Entry for 16:7 WEN -> Notes on 16:7 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Angel (Holy Trinity); Angel (a spirit); Lahai-Roi; Prayer; Servant; Shur TTT -> Deserts; Fountains and Springs EBD -> Angel; Beer-lahai-roi; Shur SBD -> Angel of the Lord; Shur 16:7 - [In Context] The Angel of the Lord found Hagar near a pool of water in the desert. The pool was by the road to Shur.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 16:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 16:8 JFB -> Commentary on 16:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 16:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 16:8 TSK -> Commentary on 16:8 TSK -> Entry for 16:8 WEN -> Notes on 16:8 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Communion; Lahai-Roi; Prayer; Servant EBD -> Beer-lahai-roi 16:8 - [In Context] The Angel said, "Hagar, you are Sarai's servant. Why are you here? Where are you going?" Hagar said, "I am running away from Sarai."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 16:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 16:9 JFB -> Commentary on 16:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 16:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 16:9 SRN -> Study Notes on 16:9 TSK -> Commentary on 16:9 TSK -> Entry for 16:9 WEN -> Notes on 16:9 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Angel (Holy Trinity); Communion; Lahai-Roi; Prayer; Servant TTT -> Servants EBD -> Beer-lahai-roi 16:9 - [In Context] The Angel of the Lord said to Hagar, "Sarai is your master. Go home to her and obey her."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 16:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 16:10 JFB -> Commentary on 16:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 16:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 16:10 SRN -> Study Notes on 16:10 TSK -> Commentary on 16:10 TSK -> Entry for 16:10 WEN -> Notes on 16:10 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Communion; Lahai-Roi; Prayer TTT -> Ishmaelites, The EBD -> Angel; Beer-lahai-roi 16:10 - [In Context] The Angel of the Lord also said to Hagar, "From you will come many people. There will be so many people that they cannot be counted."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 16:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 16:11 JFB -> Commentary on 16:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 16:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 16:11 SRN -> Study Notes on 16:11 TSK -> Commentary on 16:11 TSK -> Entry for 16:11 WEN -> Notes on 16:11 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Communion; Ishmael; Lahai-Roi; Prayer EBD -> Angel; Beer-lahai-roi 16:11 - [In Context] The Angel of the Lord also said, "Hagar, you are now pregnant, and you will have a son. You will name him Ishmael, F89 because the Lord has heard that you were treated badly, {and he will help you}.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 16:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 16:12 JFB -> Commentary on 16:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 16:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 16:12 TSK -> Commentary on 16:12 TSK -> Entry for 16:12 WEN -> Notes on 16:12 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Communion; Ishmael; Lahai-Roi; Prayer TTT -> Ass, The Wild; Ishmaelites, The EBD -> Ass; Beer-lahai-roi; Robbery SBD -> Robbery 16:12 - [In Context] "Ishmael will be wild and free, like a wild donkey. He will move from place to place and camp near his brothers. He will be against everyone and everyone will be against him."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 16:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 16:13 JFB -> Commentary on 16:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 16:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 16:13 TSK -> Commentary on 16:13 TSK -> Entry for 16:13 WEN -> Notes on 16:13 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Faith; God (continued); Lahai-Roi; Prayer EBD -> Beer-lahai-roi 16:13 - [In Context] The Lord talked to Hagar. Hagar began to use a new name for God. She said to him, "You are 'God Who Sees Me.'" She said this because she thought, "I see that even in this place God sees me and cares for me!"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 16:14 JFB -> Commentary on 16:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 16:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 16:14 SRN -> Study Notes on 16:14 TSK -> Commentary on 16:14 TSK -> Entry for 16:14 WEN -> Notes on 16:14 NTB -> Beer-Lahai-Roi; Bered; Kadesh; Lahai-Roi TTT -> Wells EBD -> Beer-lahai-roi; Bered SBD -> Bered 16:14 - [In Context] So that well was called Beer Lahai Roi. F90 That well is between Kadesh and Bered.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 16:15 JFB -> Commentary on 16:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 16:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 16:15 TSK -> Commentary on 16:15 TSK -> Entry for 16:15 NTB -> Abraham; Bastard; Ishmael TTT -> Ishmaelites, The EBD -> Ishmael SBD -> Ishmael 16:15 - [In Context] Hagar gave birth to Abram's son. And Abram named the son Ishmael.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 16:16 JFB -> Commentary on 16:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 16:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 16:16 TSK -> Commentary on 16:16 TSK -> Entry for 16:16 NTB -> Abraham; Ishmael TTT -> Ishmaelites, The SBD -> Ishmael 16:16 - [In Context] Abram was 86 years old when Ishmael was born from Hagar.
FOOTNOTES: F89: Ishmael   This name means "God hears." F90: Beer Lahai Roi   This means "The well of the Living One who sees me."

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.