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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Hagar is honoured by Muslims as a wise, brave and pious woman as well as the believing mother of the Adnani Arab people. The incident [5] [page needed] of her running between Al-Safa and Al-Marwah hills is commemorated by Muslims when they perform their Ḥajj (major pilgrimage) or Umrah (minor pilgrimage) at Mecca.
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English: Hagar (from Mothers of the Bible), by Henry Ossawa Tanner. Published October 1902 in the Ladies' Home Journal, page 13. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar. . . .and sent her away; and she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba--GENESIS XXI, 14.
Red Rocker Sammy Hagar has been a longtime car collector and reluctantly sold his Ferrari LaFerrari that cost $1.4 million when new at auction.