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Genesis 16:5

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5Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for my suffering!B I put my slave in your arms,C and when she saw that she was pregnant, I became contemptible to her. May the Lord judge between me and you.”s

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Footnotes

  1. BOr “May my suffering be on you!
  2. C bosom

Cross references

  1. sGn 31:49; Jos 22:25; 1Sm 24:12

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the Lord judge between you and me!”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Sarai said to Abram, “This is all your fault! I put my servant into your arms, but now that she’s pregnant she treats me with contempt. The Lord will show who’s wrong—you or me!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Sarai said to Abram, “may my harm be upon you. I had my slave sleep with you, and when she saw that she had conceived, she no longer respected me. May Yahweh judge between me and you!”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.