John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 16:9

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the angel of the Lord said unto her, etc.] 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 f1047 , 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” f1048, 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, (<011610>Genesis 16:10-12).

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