Genesis 16:6
And Abram said to Sara, Behold your handmaid is in your hands, use her as it may seem good to you. And Sara afflicted her, and she fled from her face.
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Genesis 24:10And the servant took ten camels of his master's camels, and he took of all the goods of his master with him, and he arose and went into Mesopotamia to the city of Nachor.
Job 2:6And the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I deliver him up to you; only save his life.
Proverbs 14:29A man slow to wrath abounds in wisdom: but a man of impatient spirit is very foolish.
Proverbs 15:17Better is an entertainment of herbs with friendliness and kindness, than a feast of calves, with enmity.
Proverbs 29:19A stubborn servant will not be reproved by words: for even if he understands, still he will not obey.
Jeremiah 38:5For you⌃ have planted vineyards on the mountains of Samaria: plant you⌃, and praise.
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 →