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to right her. Thus does Sarai, in her passion,
speak as one of the foolish women speaketh.
Note,
1. It is an absurdity which passionate people are
often guilty of to quarrel with others for that of
which they themselves must bear the blame.
Sarai could not but own that she had given her
maid to Abram, and yet she cries out, My
wrong be upon thee, when she should have
said, What a fool was I to do so! That is never
said wisely which pride and anger have the
inditing of; when passion is upon the throne,
reason is out of doors, and is neither heard nor
spoken.
2. Those are not always in the right who are
most loud and forward in appealing to God.
Rash and bold imprecations are commonly
evidences of guilt and a bad cause.
This punishment declares what they gain if
they attempt anything against the word of God.
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.
Hagar is afflicted, and driven from the house,
Ge 16:6. Observe,