Genesis 16:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ And Sarai said to Aḇ

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Then Sarai said to Abram, May [the responsibility for] my wrong and deprivation of rights be upon you! I gave my maid into your bosom, and when she saw that she was with child, I was contemptible and despised in her eyes. May the Lord be the judge between you and me.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge between me and thee.

Common English Bible

⁵ Sarai said to Abram, “This harassment is your fault. I allowed you to embrace my servant, but when she realized she was pregnant, I lost her respect. Let the LORD decide who is right, you or me.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And Sarai said to Abram: "You have acted unfairly against me. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, who, when she saw that she had conceived, held me in contempt. May the Lord judge between me and you."

Genesis 16:5 Cross References

Genesis 16:4

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

Genesis 31:53

“The Elohim of Aḇ

2 Chronicles 24:22

Thus Yo’ash the sovereign did not remember the kindness which Yehoyaḏ

Psalm 35:23

Stir up Yourself and awake to my right-ruling – To my cause, my Elohim and my Master.

Psalm 43:1

Rule me rightly, O Elohim, And plead my cause against a nation without kindness. Oh, deliver me from a man of deceit and unrighteousness!

Psalm 7:8

יהוה  judges the peoples; Judge me, O יהוה, according to my righteousness, And according to my integrity within me.

Exodus 5:21

And they said to them, “Let יהוה  look on you and judge, because you have made us loathsome in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to give a sword in their hand to kill us.”

Jeremiah 51:35

“Let the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Baḇ

Judges 11:27

‘So I have not sinned against you, but you are doing me evil by fighting against me. Let יהוה  the Judge, judge today between the children of Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 24:16

And it came to be, when Dawiḏ