6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
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Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. …
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Commentary
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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