Genesis 16:5
Then said Sarai unto Abram: My wrong, is, on thee! I, gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and when she seeth that she hath conceived, then am I lightly esteemed in her eyes Yahweh judge betwixt me and her.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 31:53The Gods of Abraham and the Gods of Nahor judge betwixt us—the Gods of their fathers. And Jacob sware by the Dread of his father Isaac:
Judges 11:27I, therefore, have not sinned against thee; but, thou, art doing me a wrong, in fighting against me,—Let Yahweh, the Judge, give judgment today, between the sons of Israel, and the sons of Ammon!
1 Samuel 24:13As saith the proverb of the ancients, From the lawless, proceedeth lawlessness,—mine own hand, therefore shall not be upon thee.
2 Chronicles 24:22Thus Joash the king, remembered not, the lovingkindness which Jehoiada his father had done for him, but slew his son,—and, as he died, he said, Yahweh see and require!
Psalms 35:23Bestir thyself and wake up, to my vindication, O my God and My Lord!—to my plea:
Luke 10:40But, Martha, was distracted about much ministering, and, coming near, said—Lord! carest thou not that, my sister, hath left me to be ministering, alone? Speak to her, then, that she help me.
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 →