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.

And Sarai {H8297} said {H559} unto Abram {H87}, My wrong {H2555} be upon thee: I have given {H5414} my maid {H8198} into thy bosom {H2436}; and when she saw {H7200} that she had conceived {H2029}, I was despised {H7043} in her eyes {H5869}: the LORD {H3068} judge {H8199} between me and thee.

Sarai said to Avram, "This outrage being done to me is your fault! True, I gave my slave-girl to you to sleep with; but when she saw that she was pregnant, she began holding me in contempt. May ADONAI decide who is right - I or you!"

Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”

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.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 31:53 (5 votes)

    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.

  • Exodus 5:21 (4 votes)

    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 us.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:22 (3 votes)

    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].

  • Psalms 35:23 (3 votes)

    Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, [even] unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

  • Psalms 7:8 (3 votes)

    The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity [that is] in me.

  • 1 Samuel 24:12 (3 votes)

    The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

  • 1 Samuel 24:15 (3 votes)

    The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.