Genesis 16:6

Good News Translation

Abram answered, “Very well, she is your slave and under your control; do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so cruelly that she ran away.

Cross References

Genesis 16:9

He said, “Go back to her and be her slave.”

Genesis 24:10

The servant, who was in charge of Abraham's property, took ten of his master's camels and went to the city where Nahor had lived in northern Mesopotamia.

Job 2:6

So the Lord said to Satan, “All right, he is in your power, but you are not to kill him.”

Exodus 2:15

When the king heard about what had happened, he tried to have Moses killed, but Moses fled and went to live in the land of Midian. One day, when Moses was sitting by a well, seven daughters of Jethro, the priest of Midian, came to draw water and fill the troughs for their father's sheep and goats.

Proverbs 14:29

If you stay calm, you are wise, but if you have a hot temper, you only show how stupid you are.

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer quiets anger, but a harsh one stirs it up.

Proverbs 27:8

Anyone away from home is like a bird away from its nest.

Proverbs 29:19

You cannot correct servants just by talking to them. They may understand you, but they will pay no attention.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If your ruler becomes angry with you, do not hand in your resignation; serious wrongs may be pardoned if you keep calm.

Jeremiah 38:5

King Zedekiah answered, “Very well, then, do what you want to with him; I can't stop you.”

Joshua 9:25

Now we are in your power; do with us what you think is right.”

1 Peter 3:7

In the same way you husbands must live with your wives with the proper understanding that they are more delicate than you. Treat them with respect, because they also will receive, together with you, God's gift of life. Do this so that nothing will interfere with your prayers.