So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her slave-girl, and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife.
Genesis 16:4 - New Revised Standard Version He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he had intercourse with Hagar, and she became pregnant; and when she saw that she was with child, she looked with contempt upon her mistress and despised her. American Standard Version (1901) And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. Common English Bible He slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. But when she realized that she was pregnant, she no longer respected her mistress. Catholic Public Domain Version And he entered to her. But when she saw that she had conceived, she despised her mistress. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he went in to her. But she, perceiving that she was with child, despised her mistress. |
So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her slave-girl, and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife.
Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my slave-girl to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the Lord judge between you and me!”
And the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the world.
But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac.
As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal daughter of Saul looked out of the window, and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.
I have applied all this to Apollos and myself for your benefit, brothers and sisters, so that you may learn through us the meaning of the saying, “Nothing beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of one against another.