Genesis 16:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he went in to 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 also provoked her severely, to make her fret, because the LORD had closed her womb. 7 And so he did year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore Hannah wept and did not eat. 8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why do you weep? and why do you not eat? and why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?
  • 2 Sam 6:16 : 16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
  • Prov 30:20-21 : 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats and wipes her mouth and says, I have done no wrong. 21 For three things the earth is disturbed, and for four it cannot bear:
  • Prov 30:23 : 23 For an unloved woman when she is married, and a maidservant who is heir to her mistress.
  • 1 Cor 4:6 : 6 And these things, brothers, I have applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, so that none of you be puffed up for one against another.
  • 1 Cor 13:4-5 : 4 Love is patient, and is kind; love does not envy; love does not boast, is not proud, 5 Does not behave itself rudely, does not seek its own, is not easily angered, keeps no record of wrongs;

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  • Gen 16:5-11
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    86%

    5And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be upon you; I have given my maid into your arms, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. The LORD judge between me and you.

    6But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your maid is in your hand; do to her as it pleases you. And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence.

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

    8And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from, and where will you go? And she said, I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.

    9And the angel of the LORD said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.

    10And the angel of the LORD said to her, I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.

    11And the angel of the LORD said to her, Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your affliction.

  • Gen 16:1-3
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    83%

    1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had a maidservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

    2And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. I pray you, go in to my maid; it may be that I will obtain children by her. And Abram listened 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.

  • Gen 16:15-16
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    74%

    15And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called his son's name, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

    16And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

  • Gen 21:9-10
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    74%

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

    10Therefore she said to Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son, for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

  • Gen 12:16-17
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    16And he treated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

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

  • Gen 25:12
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    12Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham:

  • Gen 24:36
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    36And Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old; and to him he has given all that he has.

  • Gen 12:14
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    14And it came to pass, that, when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very beautiful.

  • Gen 21:12-16
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    12But God said to Abraham, Do not let it be grievous in your sight because of the lad and because of your bondwoman. In all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac shall your seed be called.

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

    14And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away. So she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

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

    16And she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about a bowshot away; for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. So she sat opposite him and lifted up her voice, and wept.

  • Gen 12:11
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    11And it came to pass, when he was about to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look upon:

  • Gal 4:22
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    22For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.

  • Gen 12:19
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    19Why did you say, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me as a wife: now therefore behold your wife, take her, and go your way.

  • Gen 29:31
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    31And when the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

  • Gen 11:30
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    30But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

  • Gal 4:24
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    24These things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar.

  • Gen 15:3
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    3And Abram said, Behold, to me You have given no offspring: and, lo, one born in my house is my heir.

  • Gen 39:17
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    17And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me: