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Hagar and Ishmael

Genesis 16:4

In 11 translations

BSB
And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.Or her mistress became despised in her sight
KJV
¶ And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
WEB
He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
ASV
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
LSV
and he goes in to Hagar, and she conceives, and she sees that she has conceived, and her mistress is lightly esteemed in her eyes.
YLT
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.
DBY
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.
DRC
And he went in to her. But she, perceiving that she was with child, despised her mistress.
GNV
And he went in vnto Hagar, and she conceiued. and when she sawe that she had conceiued, her dame was despised in her eyes.
JPS
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
LXXE
And he went in to Agar, and she conceived, and saw that she was with child, and her mistress was dishonoured before her.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּבֹ֥א אֶל־הָגָ֖ר וַתַּ֑הַר וַתֵּ֨רֶא֙ כִּ֣י הָרָ֔תָה וַתֵּקַ֥ל גְּבִרְתָּ֖הּ בְּעֵינֶֽיהָ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς Ἄγαρ, καὶ συνέλαβε· καὶ εἶδεν ὅτι ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχει, καὶ ἠτιμάσθη ἡ κυρία ἐναντίον αὐτῆς.

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  • 2 Samuel 6:16As 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 30:23an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
  • 1 Samuel 1:6–8Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously. And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept…
  • 1 Corinthians 13:4–5Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
  • 1 Corinthians 4:6Brothers, 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 30:20–21This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’ Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:

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