Genesis 16:4

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her gevirah was despised in her eyes.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

In Context

3And Sarai Avramʼs isha took Hagar her shifchah the Egyptian, after Avram had dwelt ten years in Eretz Kena'an, and gave her to her husband Avram to be his isha.

5And Sarai said unto Avram, My wrong be upon thee; I have given my shifchah unto thy kheyk; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes; Hashem judge between me and thee.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 1:6And her tzarah (adversary) also provoked her greatly, for to make her fret, because Hashem had shut up her womb.

Proverbs 30:20Such is the derech isha mena'efet (way of an adulterous woman): 1 she eateth, and wipeth her peh (mouth), 1 and saith, I have done no wrong. 1

1 Corinthians 4:6Now these things, Achim b'Moshiach, I made a dimyon (comparison) applied with respect to myself and Apollos for your sake, that through us you may learn not to go beyond what things have been written, + 4:6 2:13 lest you are puffed up as ba'alei ga'avah (conceited, haughty persons) in favor of one or against the other.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 16:2-4

Abram, Sarai, and Hagar. ( b. c. 1911.) 1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2 And 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. 3 And 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. We… Read the whole commentary →

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