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Gênesis 16:3

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3 Quando isso aconteceu, já fazia dez anos que Abrão, seu marido, vivia em Canaã. Foi nessa ocasião que Sarai, sua mulher, lhe entregou sua serva egípcia Hagar.

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.


FOOTNOTES:

F8 Bereshit Rabba, ut supra. (sect. 45. fol. 40. 2.). Jarchi & Aben Ezra in loc.
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Gênesis 16:3 In-Context

1 Ora, Sarai, mulher de Abrão, não lhe dera nenhum filho. Como tinha uma serva egípcia, chamada Hagar,
2 disse a Abrão: “Já que o SENHOR me impediu de ter filhos, possua a minha serva; talvez eu possa formar família por meio dela”. Abrão atendeu à proposta de Sarai.
3 Quando isso aconteceu, já fazia dez anos que Abrão, seu marido, vivia em Canaã. Foi nessa ocasião que Sarai, sua mulher, lhe entregou sua serva egípcia Hagar.
4 Ele possuiu Hagar, e ela engravidou.Quando se viu grávida, começou a olhar com desprezo para a sua senhora.
5 Então Sarai disse a Abrão: “Caia sobre você a afronta que venho sofrendo. Coloquei minha serva em seus braços e, agora que ela sabe que engravidou, despreza-me. Que o SENHOR seja o juiz entre mim e você”.
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