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Hagar
Sarah's Egyptian servant, who bore Abraham's first son Ishmael and was met by God in the wilderness.
What we know — and how we know it
Bible — stated in scripture (with verse) · 1
Scholarly — supported scholarly belief · 1
Family & lineage
ScholarlySarah's Egyptian servant and mother of Ishmael. The biblical genealogies make her son the father of twelve princes and the ancestor of the northern Arabian peoples — the line through which later tradition, Jewish and Islamic alike, traces the Arabs to Abraham.
Where in scripture
GenesisGalatians
Genesis 16:1Genesis 16:3Genesis 16:4Genesis 16:8Genesis 16:15Genesis 16:16Genesis 21:9Genesis 21:14Genesis 21:17Genesis 25:12Galatians 4:24Galatians 4:25
Family
In their own words — 3 recorded sayings
“And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.” — Genesis 16:8
“And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?” — Genesis 16:13
“And she went some distance away, about an arrow flight, and seating herself on the earth, she gave way to bitter weeping, saying, Let me not see the death of my child.” — Genesis 21:16
Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).
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