Genesis 16:5 meaning and explanation

Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”

Genesis 16:5, Berean Standard Bible

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Sarai speaks these words to Abram in a household torn by jealousy. She had given her Egyptian servant Hagar to him as a wife so that a child might be born, but now that Hagar is pregnant she looks on Sarai with contempt.

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