KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 16:6–7
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Genesis 16:6
6But 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.
6But Abram said vnto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; doe to her †as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai †dealt hardly with her, shee fled from her face.
- Heb. that which is good in thy eyes.
- Heb. afflicted her.
Genesis 16:7
7¶ And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
7¶ And the Angel of the LORD found her by a fountaine of water, in the wildernesse, by the fountaine, in the way to Shur:
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 16:6
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A young unmarried woman; a female servant or attendant.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To condescend; to comply; to be pleased; a word of ceremony.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
To deal: to distribute, allot, act toward another, or conduct a matter.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
With difficulty. With difficulty; with great labor.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To flee: to run or hasten away, especially from danger or expected evil.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 16:7
A messenger; especially a heavenly messenger sent by God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Discovered, obtained, or encountered; or established upon a foundation, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The common liquid necessary for life; as a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study5Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
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Open the full verse study7Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
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Open the full verse study4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
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Open the full verse study15Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
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Open the full verse study8And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
9Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
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Open the full verse study10¶ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
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Open the full verse study6And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
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Open the full verse study29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
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Open the full verse study1A SOFT answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
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Open the full verse study17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
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Open the full verse study8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
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Open the full verse study19A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
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Open the full verse study41And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
42Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
From verse 7
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Open the full verse study22So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
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Open the full verse study17And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
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Open the full verse study18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
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Open the full verse study3The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
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Open the full verse study7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
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Open the full verse study1AND Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
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Open the full verse study11And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
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Open the full verse study15¶ And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
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Open the full verse study11And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
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