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Genesis 16:4

Hagar
Envy and jealousyShame

2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD 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.

3 And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

5 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.

6 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.

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BSB
And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
KJV
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
WEB
He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
ASV
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
DARBY
And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was lightly esteemed in her eyes.
BLB
And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And she saw that she had conceived, and her mistress became despised in her eyes.
ÅB
Og han gikk inn til Hagar, og hun ble fruktsommelig; men da hun så at hun var blitt fruktsommelig, ringeaktet hun sin frue.
OTB
Han hadde omgang med Hagar, og hun ble gravid. Da hun innså at hun var gravid, begynte hun å se ned på sin frue.
B1930
Og han gikk inn til Hagar, og hun blev fruktsommelig; men da hun så at hun var blitt fruktsommelig, ringeaktet hun sin frue.

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 6:16

    And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

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  • Proverbs 30:23

    For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

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  • 1 Samuel 1:6–8

    And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

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  • 1 Corinthians 13:4–5

    Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

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  • Proverbs 30:20–21

    Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:6

    And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.

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