Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for my suffering![a] I put my slave in your arms,[b] and when she saw that she was pregnant, I became contemptible to her. May the Lord judge between me and you.”(A)

Abram replied to Sarai, “Here, your slave is in your power; do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai mistreated her so much that she ran away from her.

The angel of the Lord(B) found her by a spring in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:5 Or “May my suffering be on you!
  2. 16:5 Lit bosom

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