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Genesis 16:6

But Avram said unto Sarai, Hinei, thy shifchah is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her face.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

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.

7And the Malach Hashem found her by a spring of mayim in the midbar, near the spring on the road to Shur.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:10And the eved took asarah gemalim of the gemalei adonav, and departed; for all the goods of adonav were in his yad: and he arose, and went to Aram Naharayim (Mesopotamia), unto the Ir Nachor.

Job 2:6And Hashem said unto HaSatan, Hinei, he is in thine yad; but spare his nefesh.

Proverbs 14:29He that is slow to wrath 1 is of rav tevunah (great understanding), 1 but he that is angrily impulsive 1 exalteth folly. 1

Proverbs 15:17Better is a meal of yarak (vegetables) where love is, 1 than a fatted calf and sinah (hatred) therewith. 1

Proverbs 29:19An eved will not be corrected by devarim, 1 for though he understand he will not answer. 1

Jeremiah 38:5Then Tzidkiyah HaMelech said, Hinei, he is in your yad (hand, power); for HaMelech is not he that can do anything against you.

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 →

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