Parallel Verses
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].
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.
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 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar, her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. 4 He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her sight. 5 Then 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.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6-8
And her rival provoked her to anger and sorrow because the LORD had shut up her womb.
2 Samuel 6:16
And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
Proverbs 30:20-21
Such is the track of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness.
Proverbs 30:23
for a rejected woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
1 Corinthians 4:6
And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes, that in us ye might not learn above that which is written, lest because of one, some of you become puffed up against others.
1 Corinthians 13:4-5
Charity suffers long and is benign; charity envies not; charity does nothing without due reason, is not puffed up,