Genesis 16:6
Abram responded to her by saying, “Behold, your handmaid is in your hand to treat as it pleases you.” And so, when Sarai afflicted her, she took flight.
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Genesis 24:10And he took ten camels from his lord’s herd, and he went forth, carrying with him things from all of his goods. And he set out, and continued on, to the city of Nahor, in Mesopotamia.
Job 2:6Therefore, the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but even so, spare his life.”
Proverbs 14:29Whoever is patient is governed by much prudence. But whoever is impatient exalts his foolishness.
Proverbs 15:17It is better to be called to vegetables with charity, than to a fatted calf with hatred.
Proverbs 29:19A servant cannot be taught by words, because he understands what you say, but he disdains to respond.
Jeremiah 38:5And king Zedekiah said: “Behold, he is in your hands. For it is not fitting for the king to deny you anything.”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 16:5-7
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. 5 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. 6 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. We have here the immediate bad… Read the whole commentary →