Hagar
Also known as: Sarai's maid · Role: handmaid · First appears: Genesis 16
Hagar, Sarai’s Egyptian maid, was given by Sarah to Abraham as a concubine after he had dwelt ten years in Canaan. When Hagar conceived by Abraham, Sarah dealt harshly with her, and Hagar fled; at Shur, God commanded her to return and submit to Sarah, promised to multiply her descendants, and foretold her son Ishmael. Hagar bore Ishmael, and Abraham named him.
When Isaac was weaned, Sarah demanded that Hagar and Ishmael be cast out, and Abraham sent them away with bread and water. In the wilderness of Beersheba, God promised to make Ishmael a great nation and revealed a well to Hagar: “And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water;” she filled the bottle and gave her son drink.
Relationship record
Life events
- Sarai gives Hagar to Abram as a concubine.(Genesis 16 · 📍 Canaan)
- Hagar conceives by Abram, changing her status and provoking Sarai’s contempt.(Genesis 16)
- With: Abraham
- “And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.”
- Sarai deals harshly with Hagar, causing Hagar to flee.(Genesis 16)
- With: Sarah
- “And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.”
- God commands Hagar to return to Sarai and submit to her.(Genesis 16 · 📍 Shur)
- With: God
- “And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.”
- God promises to multiply Hagar’s descendants beyond counting.(Genesis 16 · 📍 Shur)
- With: God
- “And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.”
- God foretells Hagar’s son and commands that he be named Ishmael.(Genesis 16 · 📍 Shur)
- Hagar bears Abram a son, and Abram names him Ishmael.(Genesis 16)
- Sarah demanded Hagar and her son be cast out, and Abraham sent Hagar away.(Genesis 21)
- With: Sarah Abraham
- “Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son. And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away:”
- God promised to make Hagar’s son a great nation.(Genesis 21)
- With: God
- “Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.”
- God revealed a well to Hagar, enabling her to give her son water.(Genesis 21 · 📍 Beersheba)
- With: God
- “And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.”
Genesis 16
- employer: Sarah “And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian”
- consort: Abraham “and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.”
- child: Ishmael “And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.”
Genesis 21
- sender: Abraham (Abraham sends Hagar away.) “And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Five Books of Moses. Made with Rho MD.