Genesis 16:5

16:5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “You have brought this wrong on me! 1  I allowed my servant to have sexual relations with you, 2  but when she realized 3  that she was pregnant, she despised me. 4  May the Lord judge between you and me!” 5 

Genesis 18:25

18:25 Far be it from you to do such a thing – to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge 6  of the whole earth do what is right?” 7 

1 tn Heb “my wrong is because of you.”

2 tn Heb “I placed my female servant in your bosom.”

3 tn Heb “saw.”

4 tn Heb “I was despised in her eyes.” The passive verb has been translated as active for stylistic reasons. Sarai was made to feel supplanted and worthless by Hagar the servant girl.

5 tn Heb “me and you.”

6 tn Or “ruler.”

7 sn Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right? For discussion of this text see J. L. Crenshaw, “Popular Questioning of the Justice of God in Ancient Israel,” ZAW 82 (1970): 380-95, and C. S. Rodd, “Shall Not the Judge of All the Earth Do What Is Just?” ExpTim 83 (1972): 137-39.