Hagar

Hagar is a woman living at the time of the Patriarchs. She is named in 12 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 16:1.

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Verses

Genesis

• Genesis 16:1
  Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
• Genesis 16:3
  And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.
• Genesis 16:4
  And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
• Genesis 16:8
  And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.
• Genesis 16:15
  And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
• Genesis 16:16
  And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.
• Genesis 21:9
  And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
• Genesis 21:14
  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 Beer–sheba.Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
• Genesis 21:17
  And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.
• Genesis 25:12
  Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.

Galatians

• Galatians 4:24
  Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
• Galatians 4:25
  For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.

Notes

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