OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 16:5

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Sarai said to Abram, “This wrong is your fault. I gave my servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, she despised me. May the LORD judge between me and you.”

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Verse 5. Despiseth. Few bear prosperity in a proper manner!—And thee. Sarai things it is the duty of her husband to restrain the insolence of Agar. She commits her cause to God, and does not seek revenge. Menochius.

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