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He said,וַיֹּאמַר“Hagar,הָגָרslave womanשִׁפְחַתof Sarai,שָׂרַיwhereאֵיfromמִזֶּהhave you come,בָאתand whereוְאָנָהare you going?”תֵלֵכִיShe said,וַתֹּאמֶר“From the presenceמִפְּנֵיof Saraiשָׂרַיmy mistressגְּבִרְתִּיIאָנֹכִיam fleeing.”בֹּרַחַת
Genesis 16:8
Study it in the app“He said, “Hagar, slave woman of Sarai, where from have you come, and where are you going?” She said, “From the presence of Sarai my mistress I am fleeing.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 16:8, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- “Hagarהָגָרhagar
Hagar
Hagar, the Egyptian slave of Sarai, mother of Ishmael.
Where else “hagar” appears- slave womanשִׁפְחַתshifchat
female slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifchat” appears- of Saraiשָׂרַיsaray
Sarai
Sarai, the name of Sarah before God changed it (Genesis 17:15).
Where else “saray” appears- have you comeבָאתvat
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vat” appears- and whereאָנָהana
where to?
Where? To where?; "how long?"
Where else “ana” appears- are you goingתֵלֵכִיtelechi
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telechi” appears- “From the presenceפְּנֵיpene
presence
Literally "the face": being before someone, face to face.
Where else “pene” appears- my mistressגְּבִרְתִּgevirti
mistress
Mistress: the lady who owns a female slave; also a queen.
Where else “gevirti” appears- am fleeingבֹּרַחַתborachat
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “borachat” appears
The context
7The angel of YHWH found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.
8 · This verse (above)
9The angel of YHWH said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand.”
To study Genesis 16 in a group
1. What it says
What did the angel of YHWH say to Hagar by the spring in the wilderness (vv. 7-12)?
2. What it means
What does it teach that Hagar called YHWH “El Roi,” the one who sees me (v. 13)?
3. How I live it
How can you walk with someone today who feels unseen or mistreated?