A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

{It is} better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. {in...: Heb. in the land of the desert}

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become {his} son at the length.

{It is} better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. {a brawling...: Heb. a woman of contentions} {a wide...: Heb. an house of society}

A foolish son {is} the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife {are} a continual dropping.

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.