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And Sarai said to Abram, “(A)May the violence done to me be upon you. I gave my servant-woman into your [a]embrace, but she saw that she had conceived, so I became [b]contemptible in her [c]sight. (B)May Yahweh judge between [d]you and me.” But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your servant-woman is in your [e]hand; do to her what is good in your [f]sight.” So Sarai afflicted her, and (C)she fled from her presence.

Now (D)the angel of Yahweh found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to (E)Shur.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:5 Lit bosom
  2. Genesis 16:5 Or cursed, cf. 12:3
  3. Genesis 16:5 Lit eyes
  4. Genesis 16:5 Lit me and you
  5. Genesis 16:6 Or power
  6. Genesis 16:6 Lit eyes