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Genesis 16:5

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.

KJV

Dixitque Sarai ad Abram : Inique agis contra me : ego dedi ancillam meam in sinum tuum, quæ videns quod conceperit, despectui me habet : judicet Dominus inter me et te.

Vulgate

εἶπεν δὲ Σάρα πρὸς Ἀβράμ Ἀδικοῦμαι ἐκ σοῦ· ἐγὼ δέδωκα τὴν παιδίσκην μου εἰς τὸν κόλπον σου· ἰδοῦσα δὲ ὅτι ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχει, ἠτιμάσθην ἐναντίον αὐτῆς. κρίναι ὁ θεὸς ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ.

LXX

And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge between me and thee.

ASV

וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר שָׂרַ֣י אֶל אַבְרָם֮ חֲמָסִ֣/י עָלֶי/ךָ֒ אָנֹכִ֗י נָתַ֤תִּי שִׁפְחָתִ/י֙ בְּ/חֵיקֶ֔/ךָ וַ/תֵּ֨רֶא֙ כִּ֣י הָרָ֔תָה וָ/אֵקַ֖ל בְּ/עֵינֶ֑י/הָ יִשְׁפֹּ֥ט יְהוָ֖ה בֵּינִ֥/י וּ/בֵינֶֽיׄ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַבְרָ֔ם
'brm
proper_noun · 61×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
בֵּ֥ין
byn
noun · 405×
הָקֵל֙
hql
verb · 80×
חָמָ֖ס
chms
noun · 59×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 38×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
ךָ
k
noun · 63×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
נוּ
nv
verb · 199×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שָׂרַ֣י
shry
proper_noun · 17×
תַּ֖הַר
thr
verb · 43×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 1:2 — Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord th
  • 1Sam 20:23 — And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.
  • 1Sam 24:12 — The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
  • 1Sam 24:12 — The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
  • 2Chr 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.
  • Exod 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
  • Exod 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
  • Gen 16:3 — 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • Judg 11:10 — And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
  • Judg 11:27 — Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
  • Luke 10:40 — But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 35:23 — Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.