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Genesis 16

Gen. 16:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he went in
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
unto Hagar
Hagar (Hebrew #1904)
Hagar, the mother of Ishmael
KJV usage: Hagar.
Pronounce: haw-gawr'
Origin: of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation
, and she conceived
harah (Hebrew #2029)
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: been, be with child, conceive, progenitor.
Pronounce: haw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
: and when she saw
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
that she had conceived
harah (Hebrew #2029)
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: been, be with child, conceive, progenitor.
Pronounce: haw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
, her mistress
gbereth (Hebrew #1404)
mistress
KJV usage: lady, mistress.
Pronounce: gheb-eh'-reth
Origin: feminine of 1376
wasn despised
qalal (Hebrew #7043)
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
KJV usage: abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-)curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), X slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-)vile, whet.
Pronounce: kaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
in her eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
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1 Sam. 1:6,8• 6{i}And her adversary provoked her much also, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.{/i}
 8{i}And Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? Am not I better to thee than ten sons?{/i} (1 Sam. 1:6,8)
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Prov. 30:23• 23{i}Under an odious [woman] when she is married,{HR}And a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.{/i} (Prov. 30:23)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1 Sam. 1:6‑8• 6{i}And her adversary provoked her much also, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.{/i}
 7{i}And as he did so year by year, as often as she went up to the house of Jehovah, she provoked her thus; and she wept and did not eat.{/i}
 8{i}And Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? Am not I better to thee than ten sons?{/i} (1 Sam. 1:6‑8)
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2 Sam. 6:16• 16And as the ark of Jehovah came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw King David leaping and dancing before Jehovah; and she despised him in her heart. (2 Sam. 6:16)
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Prov. 30:20‑21,23• 20{i}Such is the way of an adulterous woman:{HR}She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith,{HR}I have done no wickedness.{/i}
 21{i}Under three [things] the earth is disquieted,{HR}And under four it cannot bear up:{HR}{/i}
 23{i}Under an odious [woman] when she is married,{HR}And a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.{/i} (Prov. 30:20‑21,23)
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1 Cor. 4:6• 6And these things, brethren, I transferred to myself and Apollos on your account, that ye may in our case learn, Nothing above what is written, in order that ye be not puffed up one for one against another. (1 Cor. 4:6)
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1 Cor. 13:4‑5• 4Love is long-suffering, is kind; love is not emulous, is not vain-glorious, is not puffed up,
 5doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not its own things, is not easily provoked, reckoneth not the evil, (1 Cor. 13:4‑5)
• The pride of man under the law is marked in Hagar’s spirit. (“Genesis 16” by J.N. Darby)
• The haste of man, who will not wait God’s time, will not wait on Him as to means of accomplishment (so was it with Jacob for the blessing) is full of moral warning to us; it is ever the source of disquietude and sorrow. (“Genesis 16” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was lightly esteemed in her eyes.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was lightly esteemed in her eyes.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)