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Genesis 16:5

Genesis chapter 16 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge between me and thee.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge between me and thee.

Context

v.4And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

v.5This passage

v.6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Samuel 24:12

    Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

  • Genesis 31:53

    The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.

  • Psalms 7:8

    Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.

  • Exodus 5:21

    and they said unto them, Jehovah look upon you, and judge: because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:22

    Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah look upon it, and require it.

  • Psalms 35:23

    Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice due unto me, Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.