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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• 6And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
 8Then said Elkanah her husband 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? (1 Sam. 1:6,8)
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Prov. 30:23• 23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. (Prov. 30:23)

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1 Sam. 1:6‑8• 6And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
 7And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
 8Then said Elkanah her husband 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? (1 Sam. 1:6‑8)
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2 Sam. 6:16• 16And 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. (2 Sam. 6:16)
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Prov. 30:20‑21,23• 20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
 21For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
 23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. (Prov. 30:20‑21,23)
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1 Cor. 4:6• 6And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another. (1 Cor. 4:6)
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1 Cor. 13:4‑5• 4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
 5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no 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.