Genesis 16:8

Genesis chapter 16 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.

King James Version · 1611

And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

American Standard Version · 1901

And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.

v.7And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

v.8This passage

v.9And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

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

1 Timothy 6:1
Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed.
Jeremiah 2:17
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?
1 Samuel 26:19
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be Jehovah that hath stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before Jehovah; for they have driven me out this day that I should not cleave unto the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.
Genesis 16:4
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Genesis 3:9
And Jehovah God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou?
Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.