So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took her slave-girl Hagar the Egyptian—after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan—and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
Genesis 16:4 - Tree of Life Version Then he went to Hagar and she became pregnant. When she saw that she was pregnant, in her eyes her mistress was belittled. 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 Sarai, Abram’s wife, took her slave-girl Hagar the Egyptian—after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan—and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
So Sarai said to Abram, “The wrong done to me is because of you! I myself placed my slave-girl in your embrace. Now that she saw that she became pregnant, so in her eyes I am belittled. May Adonai judge between you and me!”
Then the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to come to us as is the custom of the whole land.
But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian whom she had born to Abraham—making fun.
Then she gave her maid-servant Bilhah to him for a wife, and Jacob went to her.
But as the ark of Adonai entered the city of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before Adonai, so she despised him in her heart.
an unloved woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she displaces her mistress.
Now I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers and sisters, so you might learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then none of you will be puffed up in favor of one against the other.