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Line 1: − + + − When Sarah could not conceive, she gave her handmaid Hagar to Abraham to have children. Hagar become pregnant and gave birth to [[Ishmael]]. (Genesis 16:1-9). In time Sarah also conceived and had her son [[Isaac]]. She became upset at Hagar and her son Ishmael and had Abraham banish them. Hagar feared for her life, but God told her not to worry, that he would make a great nation from her son Ishmael as well. (Genesis 21: 1-18)+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − [[Category:Biblical Women]]
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'''Hagar''' was the [[Egyptian]] handmaid of [[Sarah]], the wife of [[Abraham]]. The story is told in the [[Bible]] in the book of [[Genesis]].
[[Image:Expulsion of Ishmael and His Mother.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael by Gustave Dore]]
'''Hagar''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''הָגָר''', ''Hāḡār''; [[Arabic]]: '''هاجر''', ''Hagar''; "Stranger") was an [[Egypt]]ian-born handmaiden of [[Sarah]], common-law wife (i.e. concubine) of [[Abraham]] and mother of [[Ishmael]]. Her history is narrated in the [[Genesis|Book of Genesis]] in the [[Bible]].
== Hagar joins Abraham ==
Hagar joined the camp of Abraham in the fall of 2084 AM. Abraham had come to Egypt to escape the effects of a famine in [[Canaan (land)|Canaan]]. When the [[Pharaoh]] asked Abraham to leave, Hagar left Egypt with him as a servant for Sarah.
== Surrogate Mother ==
Sarah despaired of having a child of her own. So she persuaded Abraham to father a child on Hagar. That child was Ishmael (born about January 1910 BC).
Before the child was born, Sarah grew jealous of Hagar and treated her badly. Hagar fled, but when an [[angel]] of [[God]] warned her, she returned and submitted herself to Sarah.
== Exile ==
When Ishmael was fourteen years old, [[Isaac]] was born to Abraham and Sarah. Five years later, Abraham held the feast of weaning for Isaac. During this event, Ishmael mocked Isaac. For this, Sarah demanded that Abraham send Hagar and Ishmael away.
The two exiles had between them a loaf of bread and a bottle of water. In the then wilderness region of [[Beersheba]], the water gave out. Hagar placed Ishmael a bowshot away from her, because she did not want to watch him die. But the pre-incarnate [[Jesus Christ]] visited her, assured her that they would both live, and even provided water from a miraculous well.
Thus they crossed the desert. The Bible says nothing further about the life of Hagar.
== References==
* [[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003, pghh. 74, 79, 80, 87-88.
* {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=16|verses=13-16}}
* {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=21|verses=12-21}}
==See Also==
* [[Israel]]
* [[Arabs]]
* [[Palestine]]
* [[Abraham]]
* [[Ishmael]]
* [[Isaac]]
[[Category:Book of Genesis Persons]]
[[Category:Book of Genesis Persons]]