Then Sarai said to Abram, [a]Thou doest me wrong, I have given my maid into thy bosom, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and I am despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee.

Then Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine [b]hand: do with her as it pleaseth thee. Then Sarai dealt roughly with her: wherefore she fled from her.

¶ But the [c]Angel of the Lord found her beside a fountain in the way of Shur,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:5 Hebrew, mine injury is upon thee.
  2. Genesis 16:6 Or, power.
  3. Genesis 16:7 Which was Christ, as appeareth verse 13 and Gen. 18:17.

Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.”(A)

“Your slave is in your hands,(B)” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated(C) Hagar; so she fled from her.

The angel of the Lord(D) found Hagar near a spring(E) in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.(F)

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