--- title: "Bullinger" description: "handmaid. Not necessarily a slave. Compare 1 Samuel 25:4 ). Hagar = Hebrew. Flight. See Genesis 16:3 . ten. These 10 years to be taken into account in" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/genesis/16" --- ![Bullinger](/images/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes.jpg) The Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes Include 66 books Denomination: dispensationalism GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong Of SolomonIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950 **handmaid.** Not necessarily a slave. Compare [1 Samuel 25:4](../../../kjv/1-samuel/25/4) ). **Hagar** = Hebrew. *Flight.* See [Genesis 16:3](../../../kjv/genesis/16/3) . **ten.** These 10 years to be taken into account in any calculations. **wife.** This was strictly in accordance with the enactment of Khammurahi (146) which Abram had brought from Ur. See App-15 . **thee.** Should be "her". See App-31 . **dealt hardly.** Hebrew afflicted her. The Code of Khammurabi (119) forbade her being sold. Sarah could only lay tasks on her. See App-15 . **angel of the LORD.** First occurance. = messenger = 2nd Person, as being *sent* . *Elohim* = as being commissioned *by oath.* **the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . **Shur** = wall. The nearest way to her native land. Shur was the name of the great fortified wall shutting Egypt off from Palestine, with its *Migdol* or Fort. **face** = presence. Figure of speech *Pleonasm.* See App-6 . **against.** True to-day and for over 3,000 years. Compare [Genesis 21:20](../../../kjv/genesis/21/20) . [Isaiah 21:13](../../../kjv/isaiah/21/13) .[Jeremiah 3:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/3/2) .[Ezra 8:31](../../../kjv/ezra/8/31) .[Psalms 10:8](../../../kjv/psalms/10/8) , [Psalms 10:9](../../../kjv/psalms/10/9) . **presence** = face, i.e. on the face of the same country. **brethren.** Esp. with the Midianites ([Genesis 37:28](../../../kjv/genesis/37/28) ), Midian being his half-brother, by Keturah (compare [Judges 8:22](../../../kjv/judges/8/22) , [Judges 8:24](../../../kjv/judges/8/24) ). Compare the fulfillment in [Genesis 25:18](../../../kjv/genesis/25/18) . **GOD.** Hebrew. *'el* . See App-4 . **said.** Translate: "Do I see, here, even after the Vision? "i.e. "Do I live, after seeing God? " **looked** = Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), implying living as well as looking Compare [Genesis 32:30](../../../kjv/genesis/32/30) . [Judges 13:22](../../../kjv/judges/13/22) . **Beer-lahai-roi** = *the well of living after seeing.* **Hagar bare.** Through infirmity of Sarah's faith. So the Law (parenthetically) "because of transgression" ([Galatians 1:3](../../../kjv/galatians/1/3) , [Galatians 1:19](../../../kjv/galatians/1/19) ). Levitical Law given, as Ishmael was, until Christ the antitype of Isaac should be born ([Galatians 1:1-5](../../../kjv/galatians/1/1-5) , [Galatians 1:19](../../../kjv/galatians/1/19) , Gal 1:31 ). ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/?s={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/genesis/16#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 16"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/genesis/16#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/genesis/16","name":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 16","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/genesis/16#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"handmaid. 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