Genesis 16:9

Plain English Version

God’s angel messenger said to her, “Don’t do that. Go back to your boss, and do what she says.”

Cross References

Genesis 16:10

And the angel also said, “God is going to give you a really big family. You will have a son, and later on lots of people will be born into his family, and they will be a real big family, so that nobody will be able to count all those people.”

Genesis 16:6

But Abram said to Sarai, “Hagar belongs to you. You are her boss, so do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai started to treat Hagar in a really bad way. So Hagar left Abram and Sarai’s camp and ran away.

Genesis 16:8

He said, “Hagar, you belong to Sarai, so why are you sitting out here in the desert? Where are you going?” Hagar said, “I’m running away from my boss Sarai. She is too hard on me.”

Ephesians 5:21

Each of you has to think about what other Christians want, and agree with them, because you really respect Jesus Christ.

Titus 2:9

And now I want to talk about workers and their bosses. Workers have to do what their bosses say. They have to make their bosses happy. Tell them, “Don’t talk back to your boss,