Genesis 16:4

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.

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  • 1 Sam 1:6-8 : 6 And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb. 7 And [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Jehovah, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. 8 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
  • 2 Sam 6:16 : 16 And it was so, as the ark of Jehovah came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Jehovah; and she despised him in her heart.
  • Prov 30:20-21 : 20 So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness. 21 For three things the earth doth tremble, And for four, [which] it cannot bear:
  • Prov 30:23 : 23 For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
  • 1 Cor 4:6 : 6 Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not [to go] beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.
  • 1 Cor 13:4-5 : 4 Love suffereth long, [and] is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

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  • Gen 16:5-11
    7 verses
    86%

    5And 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.

    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.

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

    8And 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.

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

    10And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

    11And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah hath heard thy affliction.

  • Gen 16:1-3
    3 verses
    83%

    1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

    2And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

    3And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.

  • Gen 16:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael.

    16And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

  • Gen 21:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, mocking.

    10Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son: for the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

  • Gen 12:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16And he dealt well with Abram for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.

    17And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

  • Gen 25:12
    71%

    12Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:

  • Gen 24:36
    71%

    36And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

  • Gen 12:14
    70%

    14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

  • Gen 21:12-16
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    70%

    12And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

    13And also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

    14And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and [gave her] the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

    15And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

    16And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

  • Gen 12:11
    70%

    11And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

  • Gal 4:22
    70%

    22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.

  • Gen 12:19
    69%

    19why saidst thou, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

  • Gen 29:31
    68%

    31And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

  • Gen 11:30
    68%

    30And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

  • Gal 4:24
    68%

    24Which things contain an allegory: for these [women] are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar.

  • Gen 15:3
    68%

    3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

  • Gen 39:17
    68%

    17And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me: