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(2.) "Whither wilt thou go? Thou art running
thyself into sin, in Egypt" (if she return to that
people, she will return to their gods), "and into
danger, in the wilderness," through which she
must travel, De 8:15. Note, Those who are
forsaking God and their duty would do well to
remember not only whence they have fallen,
but whither they are falling. See Jer 2:18, What
hast thou to do (with Hagar) in the way of
Egypt? Joh 6:68.
3. Her answer was honest, and a fair
confession: I flee from the face of my mistress.
In this,
(1.) She acknowledges her fault in fleeing from
her mistress, and yet,
(2.) Excuses it, that it was from the face, of
displeasure, of her mistress. Note, Children and
servants must be treated with mildness and
gentleness, lest we provoke them to take any
irregular courses and so become accessory to
their sins, which will condemn us, though it
will not justify them.
4. How he sent her back, with suitable and
compassionate counsel: "Return to thy