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After being mistreated by her mistress Sarah the slave woman Hagar escapes to Beer-lahai roi which is between Kadesh and Bered
Genessis 16:6 NASB
6 But Abram said to Sarai, “Look, your slave woman is in your [e]power; do to her what is good in your [f]sight.” So Sarai treated her harshly, and she fled from her presence
Later she is found by an angel and she is told to return back.
Genesis 16:9 NASB
9 So the angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit [g]to her authority.”
Years later Moses instructs the Israelites not to return runaway slaves to their original masters
Deuteronomy 23:16 NASB
“You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has [l]escaped from his master to you. 16 He shall live with you in your midst, in the place that he chooses in one of your [m]towns where it pleases him; you shall not mistreat him.
Why did the angel instruct Hagar to return to her mistress after being mistreated?
