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Genesis 16:6Gen.16.6

But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid [is] in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

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Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Abram répondit à Saraï: Voici, ta servante est en ton pouvoir, agis à son égard comme tu le trouveras bon. Alors Saraï la maltraita; et Agar s'enfuit loin d'elle.

KJV

But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid [is] in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

Patristic reading

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  • Philo Judaeus

    De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia

    νδοιασμὸν αὐτῆς ἐξιώμενός φησιν· „ἰδοὺ ἡ παιδίσκη ἐν ταῖς χερσί σου, χρῶ αὐτῇ, ὡς ἄν σοι ἀρεστὸν ᾖ“ (Gen. 16,6). καὶ γὰρ ὁ παιδίσκην εἰπὼν ἀμφότερα ὁμολογεῖ, τό τε δούλην καὶ τὸ νηπίαν εἶναι — τὸ γὰρ τῆς παιδίσκης ὄνομα ἑκατέρῳ τούτων ἐφαρμόζει —, συνομολογεῖ δὲ πάντως εὐθὺς καὶ…
  • Philo Judaeus

    De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia

    ένοις νουθεσία, ὃ ἑτέρῳ ὀνόματι κάκωσιν ὁ ἱερὸς μηνύει λόγος. Διόπερ ἐπιφέρει· „καὶ ἐκάκωσεν αὐτὴν“ (Gen. 16, 6), ἴσον τῷ ἐνουθέτησε καὶ ἐσωφρόνισε. λυσιτελὲς γὰρ σφόδρα τοῖς ἐν ἀδείᾳ καὶ ἐκεχειρίᾳ, καθάπερ ἵπποις ἀφηνιασταῖς, ὀξὺ κέντρον, ἐπεὶ μάστιγι μόλις καὶ ἀγωγῇ δαμασθῆναι…

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