4 3 1 Through the Bible with Les Feldick Sodom and Gomorrah: Genesis 16-20

Genesis 16:2 "And Sarai said unto Abram, `Behold now, the Lord (Jehovah) hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her.' And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai." Hagar becomes pregnant in verse 4 and realizes that she has done something Sarai can't do. She becomes arrogant, puffed up, and impossible to live with, so Sarai begs Abram to send her away. Genesis 16:5-7 "And Sarai said unto Abram, `My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee.' But Abram said unto Sarai, `Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee.' And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face." Hagar leaves. Now verse 7 again. "And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur." Now to Genesis 48:16. I will qualify my statement wherein I said the angel of the LORD was another manifestation of God the Son, or Jehovah.