tmal]er being so called from its ewiftneee of Keil, Kalisch, Mnrphy), or, though less cor- Coot (cl Job xx:xix. 6-8), and aptly depict- rectly, the God who sees all things, and ing " the Bedouin'e boundless love of free- therefore me (LXX., Vulgate, Calvin, .Ains- dom as he rides about in the deeort, epear in worth, Candlish, Hofmann, Baumgarten, h11ml, upon hie camel or hie horse, hardy, Delitzseh, Wordsworth). For she aa.id, Have frug11l, 1·evolling in tho varied beauty of I also here looked after him that seeth me l nnture, and deepising _town life in every Literally, Have I aho hitherto seen? i. e. form" (Keil). As Ishmael and his offspring Do I also still live after the vision l (Onkelos, are here called " wild ass men," so Israel is Gesenius, Fi.irst, Keil, Kalisch, Rosenmiiller, designated by the prophet " sheep men " Murphy). (Ezek. xxxvi. 37, 38). His hand will be Ver. 14.-Wherefore the well was called against every man, and every man's hand -in all likelihood first by Hagar-Jleer- a.gainet him. Exemplliied in the turbulent lahai-roi, or the well of him that liveth and and lawless character of the Bedouin Arabs seeth me (A. V.) ; but either (1) the ,veil of and Saracens for upwards of thirty centuries. the living one of vision, i. e. of God, who "The Bedouins aro the outlaws among the appeared there (Onkelos, Rosenmiiller, nations, Plunder is legitimate gain, and Lange); or (2) the well of the life of vision, daring robbery is praised as valour" i. e. where after seeing God life was preservecl (Kalisch). And he she.ll dwell in the pre- (Gesenius, Keil, Kalisch, Murphy), or where sence of-literally, before the face of. i. e. in consequence of seeing Gou a new life was to the east of (Rosenmi.iller, Gesenius, Tuch, imparted (Inglis). Jlehold, it is between Knobel, Delitzsch) ; or, "everywhere before Kadesh (vide eh. xiv. 7) and Jlered. Of the eyes of" (Kalisch, Wordsworth); or, in- uncertain situation ; but the well has pro- dependentlyof (Calvin, Keil, Lange, Murphy) bably been discovered in Ain Kadea (callee! -all his brethren. The Arabs of to-day by the .Arabs Moilahi Hagar), to the south e.re "just ll9 they were described by the of Beersheba, and about twclrn miles from spirit of prophecy nearly 4000 years a.go • Kadesh (cf. Keil in loco). (Porter's ' Giant Cities of Basha.n,' pp ii! Yer. 15.-And He.gar bare Abram a son: 31, 324). and Abram called his son's name-a pecu- Ver. 13.-And she called the no.me not liarity of the Elohist to assign the naming or invoked tho name (Chaldeo, Lapide), though a child to the father (Knobel) ; but the p1·e• occasionally D~ l:tJ~ has tl10 same import sent chapter is usually ascribeu to the Jeho- vist, while the instances in which the namu as Cl;!:) 1:tJ~ (vide Deut. xxxii, 3)-of the is given by the mother do not always occm· Lord-Jehovah, thus identifying the llfa- in Jehovistic sections (cf. eh. x.u. G, which uacA Jehovah with Jehcvah hinlself-the.t Tuch imnutcs to the Elohist)-which Hagar spake unto her, Thou God seezt me. Literally, bare, Ishmael-thus acknowledging tha Thou (art) ·El-Roi, a Gtid of seeing, mean- truth of Hagar's vision. ing either the God of my vision, i. e. the Ver, 16.-And Abram was foarscoro and God who reveo.lest thyself in vision (Gese- six years o!d, when Hagar bare Ishmael to nius, Fi.irst, Le Ulerc, D11the, Rosenmi.iller, Abram,
IlOl\IlLETlCS. Ver. 7.-The captw·e of tlie runaway, or Hagar and tlie angel of the Lord. I. THE FUGITIVE ARRESTED, 1. Tlie agent of her capture. The angel of Jehonh (vidtl Exposition), whose appearance to Hagar nt this particular juncture was donbtless-(1) Unexpected. Those who flee from duty seldom anticipate the encounterirw of God in their career (Jonah i. 3). (?) Instantaneous. The Invisible Supn'me, ~-ho ever compasses our paths, only reqmres to either open his creatures' eyes, or veil his un- created glory in a fi~i~e form, to make his presence known (Ps. cxxxix. 7; Luko xxiv. 15). (3) Familiar. Though here mentioned, 11ngelic visitation need not now hav~ occurred for the first time. Hagar probably had learnt something in the patnarch's household of the character, existence, and form of this celestial visitant. ( 4) Opportune. Whether reginded in this light or not, the present Divine manifestation to Hagar wo.s highly seasono.ble, as God's visits to men ever are, in both the worlci o.nd the Church. 2. The place of lier capture. (1) In the wilderness, a very different locality from Abram's tent. But all regions nre equally ncccssible to God's provi- dence and grace; and God's angel of mercy nnd salvation can find his way to dis• consolate wanderers ncross the wilderness of a bnrren world ns easily as to eminent eaints within the sacred precincts of the Church. (2) On the way to Shur, i. e. going bnck to Egyptian worldliness and idolntry. Her ch:-.nccs of reaching the Inn,! :230 THE BOOK 01'' GENESIS. [en. XVI. 7-16.