Gênesis 16:3

3 Assim Sarai, mulher de Abrão, tomou a Agar a egípcia, sua serva, e a deu por mulher a Abrão seu marido, depois de Abrão ter habitado dez anos na terra de Canaã.

Gênesis 16:3 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 16:3

And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian,
&c.] Took her by the hand, it is probable, and led her into the apartment where Abram was, and presented her to him; their characters are very exactly described, and the contrast beautifully given, that the affair might be the more remarkable and observable:

after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan;
so that he was now eighty five years of age, for he was sventy five when he departed from Haran and came into Canaan, ( Genesis 12:4 ) ; and Sarai, being ten years younger than he, must be sventy five; the Jews from hence have formed a rule or canon; that if a man marries a woman, and she has no children in ten years, he is obliged to marry another ^F8:

and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife;
his secondary wife, or concubine; which, though contrary to the first institution of marriage, was connived at of God, and was practised by good men: nothing can excuse them but their earnest desire after the Messiah, the promised seed; and one may conclude, that nothing but this especially could move Sarai to take such a step, so contrary to the temper and disposition of women in common.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Bereshit Rabba, ut supra. (sect. 45. fol. 40. 2.). Jarchi & Aben Ezra in loc.

Gênesis 16:3 In-Context

1 Ora, Sarai, mulher de Abrão, não lhe dava filhos. Tinha ela uma serva egípcia, que se chamava Agar.

2 Disse Sarai a Abrão: Eis que o Senhor me tem impedido de ter filhos; toma, pois, a minha serva; porventura terei filhos por meio dela. E ouviu Abrão a voz de Sarai.

3 Assim Sarai, mulher de Abrão, tomou a Agar a egípcia, sua serva, e a deu por mulher a Abrão seu marido, depois de Abrão ter habitado dez anos na terra de Canaã.

4 E ele conheceu a Agar, e ela concebeu; e vendo ela que concebera, foi sua senhora desprezada aos seus olhos.

5 Então disse Sarai a Abrão: Sobre ti seja a afronta que me é dirigida a mim; pus a minha serva em teu regaço; vendo ela agora que concebeu, sou desprezada aos seus olhos; o Senhor julgue entre mim e ti.