Genesis 16:5 KJV

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.

Matthew Henry

  • Hagar's misbehaviour to SaraiAbram's unhappy marriage to Hagar very soon made a great deal of mischief. We may thank ourselves for the guilt and grief that follow us, when we go out of...

Thompson Chains

  • God a JudgeSee the chain from Genesis 18:25 · 4 links

Cross References

  • Genesis 31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
  • Exodus 5:21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
  • 1 Samuel 24:12–15 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. …
  • 2 Chronicles 24:22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
  • Psalms 7:8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

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Bible Dictionary

  • SaraiMy princess, the name originally borne by Sarah (Gen 11:31; Gen 17:15).
  • AbramExalted father. (see Abraham.)
  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Strong’s Numbers

  • And Sarai שָׂרַי Sâray
  • said אָמַר ʼâmar
  • unto Abram אַבְרָם ʼAbrâm
  • My wrong חָמָס châmâç
  • upon thee: I have given נָתַן nâthan
  • my maid שִׁפְחָה shiphchâh
  • into thy bosom חֵיק chêyq
  • and when she saw רָאָה râʼâh
  • that she had conceived הָרָה hârâh
  • I was despised קָלַל qâlal
  • in her eyes עַיִן ʻayin
  • the LORD יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh
  • judge שָׁפַט shâphaṭ

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