Genesis 16:12
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| Overview - Genesis 16 | |
| 1 | Sarai, being barren, gives Hagar to Abram. |
| 4 | Hagar, being afflicted for despising her mistress, runs away. |
| 7 | An angel commands her to return and submit herself, promises her a numerous posterity, and shows their character and condition. |
| 13 | Hagar names the place, and returns to Sarai. |
| 15 | Ishmael is born. |
| 16 | The age of Abram. |
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Genesis 16:12 (King James Version)
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
- be a
- 21:20 Job 11:12 ; 39:5-8
- wild
- The word rendered "wild" also denotes the "wild ass;" the description of which animal in Job 39:5-8 ,affords the very best representation of the wandering, lawless, freebooting life of the Bedouin and other Arabs, the descendants of Ishmael.
- his hand
- 27:40
- he shall
- 25:18