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According to the Bible, Hagar was the Egyptian slave of Sarai, Abram's wife (whose names later became Sarah and Abraham). Sarai had been barren for a long time and sought a way to fulfill God's promise that Abram would be father of many nations, especially since they had grown old, so she offered Hagar to Abram to be his concubine.
for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children— [14] "Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia": NRSV gives the second rendering in its note, "For Sinai is a mountain in Arabia". [12] At the time, the Roman province of Arabia Petraea included the Sinai Peninsula.
In the Epistle to the Galatians (4:21–31), Paul uses the incident to symbolize the two covenants the old but fulfilled and new covenant which is universal by promise through Jesus Christ. [3] In Galatians 4:28–31, [40] Hagar is associated with the Sinai covenant, while Sarah is associated with the covenant of grace into which her son Isaac ...
The patriarchs of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites. These three figures are referred to collectively as the patriarchs, and the period in which they lived is known as the patriarchal age. They play significant roles in Hebrew scripture during ...
Abraham sends Hagar and Ishmael into the desert, illustration by Gustave Doré. The Wilderness or Desert of Paran is said to be the place where Hagar was sent into exile from Abraham's dwelling in Beersheba. (Hagar was the Egyptian servant girl of Abraham's wife Sarah/Sarai, at Sarah's suggestion was made Abraham's wife, and had a son Ishmael ...
The Mekhilta of Rabbi Simeon taught that before the Exodus, no slave had gone free from Egypt except for Hagar, whom Genesis 12:20 indicates Pharaoh sent out of Egypt with Abraham. [ 121 ] Lot and Abram (mosaic circa 432–440 in the nave of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome ) The Oak of Hebron (illustration from the 1865 The Land of ...
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The Hagrites (also spelled Hagarite or Hagerite, and called Hagarenes, Agarenes, and sons of Agar) were associated with the Ishmaelites mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the inhabitants of the regions of Jetur, Naphish and Nodab lying east of Gilead. [1] Their name is understood to be related to that of the biblical Hagar.