Genèse 16:9

9 Et l'ange de l'Éternel lui dit: Retourne vers ta maîtresse et humilie-toi sous sa main.

Genèse 16:9 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 16:9

And the angel of the Lord said unto her
The same angel; though Jarchi thinks that one angel after another was sent, and that at every speech there was a fresh angel; and because this phrase is repeated again and again, some of the Rabbins have fancied there were four angels ^F18, and others five, but without any reason:

return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands;
go back to her, humble thyself before her, acknowledge thy fault, enter into her service again, and be subject to her; do her work and business, bear her corrections and chastisements; and "suffer thyself to be afflicted" {s}, by her, as the word may be rendered; take all patiently from her, which will be much more to thy profit and advantage than to pursue the course thou art in: and the more to encourage her to take his advice, he promises the following things, ( Genesis 16:10-12 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Bereshit Rabba, ut supra. (sect. 45. fol. 41. 1.)
F19 (yneth) "te patere affligi", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "quid si, patere te affligi?" Drusius.

Genèse 16:9 In-Context

7 Mais l'ange de l'Éternel la trouva près d'une source d'eau dans le désert, près de la source qui est sur le chemin de Shur.

8 Et il lui dit: Agar, servante de Saraï, d'où viens-tu? et où vas-tu? Et elle répondit: Je fuis de devant Saraï ma maîtresse.

9 Et l'ange de l'Éternel lui dit: Retourne vers ta maîtresse et humilie-toi sous sa main.

10 Et l'ange de l'Éternel lui dit: Je multiplierai tellement ta postérité qu'on ne pourra la compter, tant elle sera nombreuse.

11 Et l'ange de l'Éternel lui dit: Voici, tu es enceinte; et tu enfanteras un fils, et tu le nommeras Ismaël (Dieu entend); car l'Éternel t'a entendue dans ton affliction.