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and Hagar, Sarai's slave, of whom she had the
entire right of disposing, was given by her
mistress' spontaneous offer, to be the
secondary wife of Abram, in the hope of
obtaining the long-looked-for heir. It was a
wrong step—indicating a want of simple
reliance on God—and Sarai was the first to
reap the bitter fruits of her device.
4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw
that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
We have here the immediate bad consequences
of Abram's unhappy marriage to Hagar. A great
deal of mischief it made quickly. When we do
not well both sin and trouble lie at the door; and
we may thank ourselves for the guilt and grief
that follow us when we go out of the way of our
duty. See it in this story.
Sarai is despised, and thereby provoked and put
into a passion, Ge 16:4. Hagar no sooner
perceives herself with child by her master than
she looks scornfully upon her mistress,
upbraids her perhaps with her barrenness,
insults over her, to make her to fret (as 1Sa 1:6),
and boasts of the prospect she had of bringing
an heir to Abram, to that good land, and to the
promise. Now she thinks herself a better
woman than Sarai, more favoured by Heaven,
and likely to be better beloved by Abram; and