Genesis 16:6
But Abram said to Sarai, “See here, your servant woman is in your power, do to her what you think best.” So Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.
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Genesis 24:10The servant took ten of his master's camels and departed. He also took with him all kinds of gifts from his master. He departed and went to the region of Aram Naharaim, to the city of Nahor.
Job 2:6Yahweh said to Satan, “See, he is in your hand; it is only his life that you must spare.”
Proverbs 14:29A patient person has great understanding, 1 but the quick-tempered person exalts folly.
Proverbs 15:17Better is a meal with vegetables where there is love 1 than a fatted calf served with hatred. 1
Proverbs 29:19A slave will not be corrected by words, 1 for though he understands, there will be no response. 1
Jeremiah 38:5So King Zedekiah said, “Look, he is in your hand since there is no king able to resist 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 →