12And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
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And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? …
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-14)We may suppose that the angel having given Hagar that good counsel (Gen. 16:9) to return to her mistress she immediately promised to do so, and was setting her face homeward; and then the angel went on to encourage her with an assurance of the mercy God had in store for her and her seed: for God will meet those with mercy that are returning to their duty. I said, I will confess, and thou forgavest…
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