{"commentary":{"id":"jamieson-fausset-brown","name":"Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary","website":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamieson-Fausset-Brown_Bible_Commentary","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/","licenseNotes":null,"licenseNotice":null,"englishName":"Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary","language":"eng","textDirection":"rtl","sha256":"db3d4c8b3c1f32ef9d1430a57392e02bda3a17aac1f9bbe398461de021a3cb13","availableFormats":["json"],"listOfBooksApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/books.json","listOfProfilesApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/profiles.json","numberOfBooks":66,"totalNumberOfChapters":1187,"totalNumberOfVerses":17056,"totalNumberOfProfiles":0,"languageName":"English","languageEnglishName":"English"},"book":{"id":"GEN","commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","name":"Genesis","commonName":"Genesis","introduction":"GENESIS, the book of the origin or production of all things, consists of two parts: the first, comprehended in the first through eleventh chapters, gives a general history; the second, contained in the subsequent chapters, gives a special history. The two parts are essentially connected; the one, which sets out with an account of the descent of the human race from a single pair, the introduction of sin into the world, and the announcement of the scheme of divine mercy for repairing the ruins of the fall, was necessary to pave the way for relating the other, namely, the call of Abraham, and the selection of his posterity for carrying out the gracious purpose of God. An evident unity of method, therefore, pervades this book, and the information contained in it was of the greatest importance to the Hebrew people, as without it they could not have understood the frequent references made in their law to the purposes and promises of God regarding themselves. The arguments that have been already adduced as establishing the Mosaic origin of the Pentateuch prove of course that Moses was the author of Genesis. The few passages on which the rationalists grounded their assertions that it was the composition of a later age have been successfully shown to warrant no such conclusion; the use of Egyptian words and the minute acquaintance with Egyptian life and manners, displayed in the history of Joseph, harmonize with the education of Moses, and whether he received his information by immediate revelation, from tradition, or from written documents, it comes to us as the authentic work of an author who wrote as he was inspired by the Holy Ghost (Pe2 1:21). \n \n\n\nNext: Genesis Chapter 1\n\n","order":1,"numberOfChapters":50,"sha256":"ec815a3918530d6e58baacb7273848b505bde282d2878c9c6d40c430ca66075d","firstChapterNumber":1,"firstChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/GEN/1.json","firstChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"GEN","chapter":1},"lastChapterNumber":50,"lastChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/GEN/50.json","lastChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"GEN","chapter":50},"totalNumberOfVerses":529},"chapter":{"number":16,"content":[{"type":"verse","number":3,"content":["Sarai . . . gave her to . . . Abram to be his wife--\"Wife\" is here used to describe an inferior, though not degrading, relation, in countries where polygamy prevails. In the case of these female slaves, who are the personal property of his lady, being purchased before her marriage or given as a special present to her, no one can become the husband's secondary wife without her mistress consent or permission. This usage seems to have prevailed in patriarchal times; 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.\n \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":5,"content":["And Sarai said . . . My wrong be upon thee--Bursts of temper, or blows, as the original may bear, took place till at length Hagar, perceiving the hopelessness of maintaining the unequal strife, resolved to escape from what had become to her in reality, as well as in name, a house of bondage.\n \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":7,"content":["And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain--This well, pointed out by tradition, lay on the side of the caravan road, in the midst of Shur, a sandy desert on the west of Arabia-PetrÃ&brvbra, to the extent of a hundred fifty miles, between Palestine and Egypt. By taking that direction, she seems to have intended to return to her relatives in that country. Nothing but pride, passion, and sullen obstinacy, could have driven any solitary person to brave the dangers of such an inhospitable wild; and she would have died, had not the timely appearance and words of the angel recalled her to reflection and duty.\n \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":11,"content":["Ishmael--Like other Hebrew names, this had a signification, and it is made up of two words--\"God hears.\" The reason is explained.\n \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":12,"content":["he will be a wild man--literally, \"a wild ass man,\" expressing how the wildness of Ishmael and his descendants resembles that of the wild ass. \n \nhis hand will be against every man--descriptive of the rude, turbulent, and plundering character of the Arabs. \n \ndwell in the presence of all his brethren--dwell, that is, pitch tents; and the meaning is that they maintain their independence in spite of all attempts to extirpate or subdue them.\n \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":13,"content":["called the name--common in ancient times to name places from circumstances; and the name given to this well was a grateful recognition of God's gracious appearance in the hour of Hagar's distress.\n \n\n\n\nNext: Genesis Chapter 17\n\n"]}],"introduction":"BESTOWMENT OF HAGAR. (Gen. 16:1-16)\n \nNow, Sarai . . . had a handmaid--a female slave--one of those obtained in Egypt.\n \n"},"thisChapterLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/GEN/16.json","thisChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"GEN","chapter":16},"nextChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/GEN/17.json","nextChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"GEN","chapter":17},"previousChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/GEN/15.json","previousChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"GEN","chapter":15},"numberOfVerses":6}