Genesis 16:6

WEB

⁶But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.

KJV

⁶But 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.

BSB

⁶“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.

FBV

⁶“Listen, she's your slave!” Abram replied. “You can do whatever you want to her.” Sarai treated Hagar so badly that she ran away.

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Extra References

Jeremiah 38:5

⁵Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”

⁷You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman as to the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

Proverbs 29:19

¹⁹A servant can’t be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.

Job 2:6

⁶The LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”

Proverbs 15:1

¹A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

⁴If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

Proverbs 15:17-18

¹⁷Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred. ¹⁸A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

Genesis 13:8-9

⁸Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives. ⁹Isn’t the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left.”

Proverbs 27:8

⁸As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.

Genesis 24:10

¹⁰The servant took ten of his master’s camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master’s with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.