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- This wrong on me - "This injustice against me"
- is because of you - "is your responsibility" or "is your fault." This whole sentence can be translated as "It is because of you that I have been treated wrong" or "It is your fault that Hagar is doing wrong to me."
- I gave my servant woman into your embrace - This can be translated as "I gave you my servant so that you would embrace her." Sarai used the word "embrace" here to refer to having sexual relations. (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_euphemism).
- I was despised in her eyes - AT: "she hated me" or "she began to hate me" or "she thought she was better than me" (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_activepassive).
- Let Yahweh judge between me and you - "Let Yahweh say whether this is my fault or your fault" or “Let Yahweh decide which one of us is right”
- See here - "Listen to me" or "Pay attention"
- in your power - "under your authority"
- Sarai dealt harshly with her - "Sarai treated Hagar very badly"
- and she fled from her - "and Hagar fled from Sarai"