Gen. 16:11| Sarai
| Sarah and Hagar are an allegory symbolizing two covenants (Gal. 4:22-28 and notes 242 and 245).
Gen. 16:1a| bore| cf. Gen. 15:2-3
Gen. 16:11b| Hagar| Gal. 4:24
| See note 11.
Gen. 16:2a| Jehovah| Gen. 20:18;| 30:2-3;| cf. Gen. 17:16;| 18:10;| 25:21;| 30:22;| Psa. 127:3
Gen. 16:21| have
| Lit., be built up.
Gen. 16:3a| ten| Gen. 12:4-5
Gen. 16:71a| Angel| Gen. 21:17;| Exo. 3:2
| The Angel of Jehovah is Jehovah Himself (v. 13; 22:11-12, 15-16; 31:11, 13). See notes 21 in Exo. 3, 212 and 221 in Exo. 23, and 82 in Zech. 2.
Gen. 16:10a| multiply| Gen. 17:20;| 21:13;| cf. Gen. 25:12-18
Gen. 16:111| Ishmael
| Meaning God hears.
Gen. 16:131| You
| Or, You are El-roi.
Gen. 16:132| God
| Lit., God of seeing.
Gen. 16:133| Do
| The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Gen. 16:141| Beer-lahai-roi
| Meaning well of the living One who sees me, or well of the One who reveals Himself.
Gen. 16:15a| Hagar| Gal. 4:22-24
Gen. 16:151| Ishmael
| Abraham’s producing of Ishmael through Hagar symbolizes man’s attempt to fulfill God’s purpose by the effort of the flesh in coordination with the law (see notes 162 in Gal. 2 and 231 in Gal. 4).