Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And he went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for her master's wife.
New American Standard Bible
He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her sight.
King James Version
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Holman Bible
He slept with
International Standard Version
He had sex with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she looked with contempt on her mistress.
A Conservative Version
And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
American Standard Version
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Amplified
He went in to [the bed of] Hagar, and she conceived; and when she realized that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress [regarding Sarai as insignificant because of her infertility].
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And Abram will go in to Hagar, and she will conceive, and she will see that she conceived; and her mistress will be despised in her eyes.
King James 2000
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And [when] she saw that she had conceived, then her mistress grew small in her eyes.
Modern King James verseion
And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived her mistress was despised in her sight.
NET Bible
He had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. Once Hagar realized she was pregnant, she despised Sarai.
New Heart English Bible
He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
The Emphasized Bible
And he went in unto Hagar anti she conceived, - and when she saw that she had conceived, lightly esteemed, was her lady, in her eyes.
Webster
And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
World English Bible
He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
Themes
Contempt » Exemplified » Hagar
Ishmael » The outcast, life summarized » Born of a bigamous marriage, with a foreigner
Interlinear
Harah
Ra'ah
Harah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 16:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Sarai And Hagar
3 So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife. 4 And he went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for her master's wife. 5 And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6-8
And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;
2 Samuel 6:16
And when the ark of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and jumping before the Lord; and to her mind he seemed foolish.
Proverbs 30:20-21
This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.
Proverbs 30:23
A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.
1 Corinthians 4:6
My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.
1 Corinthians 13:4-5
Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;