4And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
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For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
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.
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. …
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, …
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-6)We have here the immediate bad consequences of Abram’s unhappy marriage to Hagar. A great deal of mischief it made quickly. When we do not well both sin and trouble lie at the door; and we may thank ourselves for the guilt and grief that follow us when we go out of the way of our duty. See it in this story. I. Sarai is despised, and thereby provoked and put into a passion, Gen. 16:4. Hagar no soon…
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