Genesis 16:6

Authorized King James Version (1611)

But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid [is] in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

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  • Gen 13:8-9 : 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we [be] brethren. 9 [Is] not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if [thou wilt take] the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if [thou depart] to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
  • Gen 24:10 : 10 ¶ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master [were] in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
  • Exod 2:15 : 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
  • Job 2:6 : 6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he [is] in thine hand; but save his life.
  • Ps 106:41-42 : 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
  • Prov 14:29 : 29 ¶ [He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
  • Prov 15:1 : 1 ¶ A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
  • Prov 15:17-18 : 17 Better [is] a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. 18 ¶ A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeaseth strife.
  • Prov 27:8 : 8 ¶ As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
  • Prov 29:19 : 19 ¶ A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
  • Eccl 10:4 : 4 ¶ If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
  • Jer 38:5 : 5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he [is] in your hand: for the king [is] not [he that] can do [any] thing against you.
  • 1 Pet 3:7 : 7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

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

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

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

    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.

    5And 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.

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

    8And 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.

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

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    16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

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

    18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What [is] this [that] thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she [was] thy wife?

    19Why saidst thou, She [is] my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take [her], and go thy way.

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    9¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

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

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

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    15¶ And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah [shall] her name [be].

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    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.

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    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:

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

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    6And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead [it], and make cakes upon the hearth.

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

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