And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Her mistress was despised in her eyes. Sarai was the first to reap the bitter fruits of her device. Hagar having the prospect of becoming a mother, gave herself airs which, as her sensitive mistress felt acutely the reproach of her own sterility, banished domestic peace from the tent of Abram.