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e. Hājar ( Arabic: هَاجَر ), known as Hagar in the Hebrew Bible, was the wife [1] of the patriarch and Islamic prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) and the mother of Ismā'īl ( Ishmael ). She is a revered woman in the Islamic faith. According to Muslim belief, she was the daughter of the king of Egypt who gifted her to Ibrahim's wife Sarah.
3 After Abram had lived in Canaan for ten years, Abram’s wife Sarai took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. 4 He slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to be disrespectful to Sarai, her owner. 5 So Sarai complained to Abram, “I’m being treated ...
Apr 17, 2024 · In the Book of Genesis, Hagar, an Egyptian slave girl, first appears when Abraham and Sarah doubt God’s incredible promise that they will have a son. Tired of waiting, Sarah tries to hurry the process by seeking a surrogate son. All she got for her trouble was more sorrow, distress, and pain. That’s what Hagar, Sarah’s maidservant, got, too.
Smith's Bible Dictionary - Hagar. ( flight ), an Egyptian woman, the handmaid or slave of Sarah, ( Genesis 16:1 ) whom the latter gave as a concubine to Abraham, after he had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan and had no children by Sarah. ch ( Genesis 16:2 Genesis 16:3 ) (B.C. 1912.) When Hagar saw that she had conceived, "her mistress was ...
Jun 5, 2013 · Facebook LinkedIn X. Along a desert road, beside a remote, unnamed well, the angel of the Lord approaches a pregnant, abused, runaway slave named Hagar. The young woman has reached a breaking point. Wrapped in doubts and their own agenda, her masters, Abram and Sarai, had given her no choice but to become a surrogate mother to their child.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. HAGAR. ha'-gar (haghar, "emigration," "flight"; Hagar, Agar): An Egyptian woman, the handmaid or slave of Sarai; a present, perhaps, from Pharaoh when Abram dissembled to him in Egypt ( Genesis 12:16 ). Mention is made of her in two passages ( Genesis 16; Genesis 21:8-21 ). 1.
7 The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur. 8 And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”. “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered. 9 Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and ...
