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Genesis 16:9
The LORD’s angel said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.”
Genesis 16:9 · World English Bible
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Genesis 16:9 in other translations
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”
The angel of the Lord said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands."
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In context
6 But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
7 The LORD’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
8 He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where did you come from? Where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.”
9 The LORD’s angel said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.”
10 The LORD’s angel said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, that they will not be counted for multitude.”
11 The LORD’s angel said to her, “Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your affliction.
12 He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him. He will live opposed to all of his brothers.”
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