Woman living at the time of the Patriarchs
Hagar
Sarai’s Egyptian servant, whom Sarai gave to Abram to bear a child for her; she conceived Ishmael (Genesis 16:1–4). When Sarai dealt harshly with her, Hagar fled into the wilderness, where Yahweh’s angel found her by a spring, told her to return, and promised that her offspring would be too many to count. She named the Lord who spoke to her: “You are a God who sees” (Genesis 16:7–14).
Years later, after Isaac was born, she and Ishmael were sent away. As the water ran out in the wilderness of Beersheba, God heard the boy’s voice, showed her a well, and kept his promise to make Ishmael a great nation (Genesis 21:9–21). Paul uses Hagar and Sarah as an allegory of two covenants (Galatians 4:22–31).
Family
- Husband
- Abraham
- Children
- Ishmael