Genesis 16:4 “And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized th…”

Genesis 16:4

And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

American Standard 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And he went in vnto Hagar, and she conceiued. and when she sawe that she had conceiued, her dame was despised in her eyes.

Darby Translation

And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was lightly esteemed in her eyes.

Young's Literal Translation

and he goeth in unto Hagar, and she conceiveth, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and her mistress is lightly esteemed in her eyes.

Bible in Basic English

And he went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for her master's wife.

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Cross references

“her mistress”

2 Samuel 6:16 Proverbs 30:23 1 Samuel 1:6–8 1 Corinthians 4:6 Proverbs 30:20 Proverbs 30:21

2 Samuel 6:16 · BSB

As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.

Proverbs 30:23 · BSB

an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.

1 Samuel 1:6–8 · BSB

Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.

1 Corinthians 4:6 · BSB

Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.

Proverbs 30:20 · BSB

This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

Proverbs 30:21 · BSB

Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.

5Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”

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