Genesis 16:6
And Abram made answer, and said to her: Behold thy handmaid is in thy own hand, use her its it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai afflicted her, she ran away.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 24:10And he took ten camels of his master's herd, and departed, carrying something of all his goods with him, and he set forth and went on to Mesopotamia to the city of Nachor.
Job 2:6And the Lord said to Satan: Behold be is in thy hand, but yet save his life.
Proverbs 14:29He that is patient, is governed with much wisdom: but he that is impatient, exalteth his folly.
Proverbs 15:17It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.
Proverbs 29:19A slave will not be corrected by words: because he understandeth what thou sayest, and will not answer.
Jeremiah 38:5And king Sedecias said: Behold he is in your hands: for it is not lawful for the king to deny you any thing.
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 →