The angel added, ‘I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.’
Genesis 16:9 - New International Version (Anglicised) Then the angel of the Lord told her, ‘Go back to your mistress and submit to her.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Angel of the Lord said to her, Go back to your mistress and [humbly] submit to her control. American Standard Version (1901) And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. Common English Bible The LORD’s messenger said to her, “Go back to your mistress. Put up with her harsh treatment of you.” Catholic Public Domain Version And the Angel of the Lord said to her, "Return to your mistress, and humble yourself under her hand." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the angel of the Lord said to her: Return to thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hand. |
The angel added, ‘I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.’
‘Your slave is in your hands,’ Abram said. ‘Do with her whatever you think best.’ Then Sarai ill-treated Hagar; so she fled from her.
And he said, ‘Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?’ ‘I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,’ she answered.
If a ruler’s anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great offences to rest.
Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them,