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Islam. Hājar or Haajar ( Arabic: هاجر) is the Arabic name used to identify the wife of Abraham (Arabic: Ibrāhīm) and the mother of Ishmael (Arabic: Ismā'īl ). Although not mentioned by name in the Qur'an, she is referenced and alluded to via the story of her husband. She is a revered woman in the Islamic faith.
Hagar, a non-Israelite, a woman with no power or status, is the first person in Scripture to be visited by an angel and the only person in Scripture to give God a name—El Roi, “the God who sees me.”. In the midst of her pain and struggle, Hagar receives God’s blessing and promises.
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- God Hears and Sees Us. We all are born into this world with a relational need to have our caregiver hear and see us; to be in tune with us, our needs, and what we are experiencing.
- God Provides. The first time that Hagar encounters the angel of the Lord in the desert, she is by a spring of water. But the second time she is in the desert, to her knowledge, there is no water to be found.
- God Is Faithful to the Outcast. Hagar had so many things going against her. She was a slave, a foreigner, and hated by a woman in power. Her son was in fact the patriarch’s first son, but, even by God’s account, was not the son chosen to carry on God’s covenant.
- God Still Works, Even When We Go off Plan. Finally, we can see through Hagar’s story that God is powerful and will still find ways to love us and glorify himself, even when we don’t stick to his original plan.
May 8, 2024 · Also spelled: Agar. Hagar, in the Old Testament (Gen. 16:1–16; 21:8–21), Abraham’s concubine and the mother of his son Ishmael. Purchased in Egypt, she served as a maid to Abraham’s childless wife, Sarah, who gave her to Abraham to conceive an heir.
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Genesis 16. New International Version. Hagar and Ishmael. 16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; 2 so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”
One of the most interesting women in the Bible is Hagar, Abraham's second wife, and the mother of Ishmael. How much do you know about her? 10 Facts About Hagar Everyone Should Know - Chabad.org
Jun 23, 2021 · Hagar is Sarah’s Egyptian slave woman whom Sarah gives to Abraham as secondary wife and who would bear a child for him. This practice of surrogacy can be found in a number of ancient Near Eastern texts.
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