And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
And Sarai said to Abram, 'This injustice I'm suffering is your fault! I gave my servant to you as a wife, and now that she's pregnant, she looks down on me with contempt. Let the LORD decide who is right between you and me.'
Sarai is blaming Abram for the painful situation that resulted from her own plan to give her servant Hagar to him as a surrogate mother.
📚 Historical Context
This occurs during a time when childless wives would sometimes give their female servants to their husbands to bear children on their behalf, which was legally acceptable in ancient Near Eastern culture. Sarai had given Hagar to Abram because she was barren and desperate for a child, but the arrangement created jealousy and tension when Hagar became pregnant and began treating Sarai disrespectfully.
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