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Genesis 16

Gen. 16:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the angel
mal'ak (Hebrew #4397)
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
KJV usage: ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
Pronounce: mal-awk'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto her, Return
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
to thy mistress
gbereth (Hebrew #1404)
mistress
KJV usage: lady, mistress.
Pronounce: gheb-eh'-reth
Origin: feminine of 1376
, anda submit
`anah (Hebrew #6031)
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
KJV usage: abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), speak (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), submit self, weaken, X in any wise.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root (possibly rather ident. with 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI} through the idea of looking down or browbeating)
thyself under her hands
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
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1 Peter 2:18• 18Household servants, be in subjection with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the crooked. (1 Peter 2:18)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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submit.
Eccl. 10:4• 4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee,{HR}Leave not thy place;{HR}For yieldingness pacifieth great offenses. (Eccl. 10:4)
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Eph. 5:21• 21submitting yourselves one to another in fear of Christ. (Eph. 5:21)
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Eph. 6:5‑6• 5Bondmen, obey your masters according to flesh with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to the Christ;
 6not with eye-service as men-pleasers but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul, (Eph. 6:5‑6)
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Titus 2:9• 9bond-servants to be in subjection to their own masters, to be well-pleasing in all things, not gainsaying, (Titus 2:9)
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1 Peter 2:18‑25• 18Household servants, be in subjection with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the crooked.
 19For this [is] grace if for conscience toward God one endureth griefs, suffering unjustly.
 20For what glory [is it] if when ye sin and are buffeted ye shall endure? but if when ye do well and suffer ye shall endure, this [is] grace with God.
 21For to this were ye called; because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow up his steps;
 22who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth;
 23who when reviled did not again revile, when suffering did not threaten, but gave over to him that judgeth righteously;
 24who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.
 25For ye were going astray as sheep, but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. (1 Peter 2:18‑25)
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1 Peter 5:5‑6• 5Likewise, ye younger, be subject to elders; and all of you bind on humility to one another; because God setteth himself against haughty ones, and giveth grace to lowly.
 6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time, (1 Peter 5:5‑6)
• Abraham and Sarah had to endure the presence of the bond-woman and her son for a number of years, and, then, get rid of them in God’s way. (“Genesis 16” by C.H. Mackintosh)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

W. Kelly Translation

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And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)