🌱WEB · Genesis 16:9
What does Genesis 16:9 mean?
"Yahweh’s angel said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.”"
— Genesis 16:9 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
Yahweh’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where did you come from? Where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.”
Yahweh’s angel said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.”
Yahweh’s angel said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, that they will not be counted for multitude.”
Yahweh’s angel 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.
He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers.”
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