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Bookmark or Share- Hagar: The Woman Who Named God | Genesis 16, 21 | Women of the BibleHagar, a non-Israelite, a woman with no power or status, is the first person in Scripture to be visited by an angel and the only person in Scripture to give God a name— El Roi, “the God who sees me.” In the midst of her pain and struggle, Hagar receives God’s blessing and promises.
- Genesis 16 NIV - Hagar and Ishmael - Now Sarai, - Bible GatewayHagar and Ishmael - Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; so she said to Abram, “The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my ...
- Hagar: Bible - Jewish Women's ArchiveHagar is Sarah’s Egyptian slave woman, whom Sarah gives to Abraham as secondary wife and who would bear a child for him. After Hagar becomes pregnant, Sarah treats her harshly. Eventually Hagar flees from her mistress into the wilderness, where God’s messenger speaks to her.
- Hagar | Hebrew Matriarch, Bondwoman, Ishmael’s Mother | BritannicaHagar, in the Old Testament (Gen. 16:1–16; 21:8–21), Abraham’s concubine and the mother of his son Ishmael. Purchased in Egypt, she served as a maid to Abraham’s childless wife, Sarah, who gave her to Abraham to conceive an heir.
- Hagar in the Bible - Meaning and Significance - Bible Study ToolsHagar, meaning "emigration," "flight", was an Egyptian woman, the handmaid or slave of Sarai. As Hagar was not an ordinary household slave but the peculiar property of her mistress (compare Genesis 29:24,29), any offspring which she might bear to Abram would be reckoned as Sarai's.
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