Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 16:1

Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 16:1 - 16:1

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 16:1 - 16:1

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16:1 - 16:1
16:2 - 16:2
16:3 - 16:3
16:5 - 16:5
16:6 - 16:6
16:7 - 16:7
16:8 - 16:8
16:10 - 16:10
16:11 - 16:11
16:12 - 16:12
16:13 - 16:13
16:14 - 16:14
16:15 - 16:15

She had a handmaid, an Egyptian - As Hagar was an Egyptian, St. Chrysostom’s conjecture is very probable. that she was one of those female slaves which Pharaoh gave to Abram when he sojourned in Egypt; see Gen 12:16. Her name הגר hagar signifies a stranger or sojourner, and it is likely she got this name in the family of Abram, as the word is pure Hebrew.