Hagar
the one God saw
Who was Hagar?
- Sarah’s Egyptian slave. Sarah gave her to Abraham so that she could have children through her. Genesis 16:1-3
- She fled to the desert, and the angel of the Lord spoke to her. She told God that he had seen her in her affliction. Genesis 16:6-7, 13
- She was the mother of Ishmael. When they were sent away into the desert, God heard the boy and showed them a well. Genesis 16:15; Genesis 21:14-19
What the Bible says
Genesis 16:1-3
1Now Sarai the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children; but having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named Agar, 2She said to her husband: Behold, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: go in unto my handmaid, it may be I may have children of her at least. And when he agreed to her request, 3She took Agar the Egyptian her handmaid, ten years after they first dwelt in the land of Chanaan, and gave her to her husband to wife.
Genesis 16:6-7, 13
6And Abram made answer, and said to her: Behold thy handmaid is in thy own hand, use her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai afflicted her, she ran away. 7And the angel of the Lord having found her, by a fountain of water in the wilderness, which is in the way to Sur in the desert, 13And she called the name of the Lord that spoke unto her: Thou the God who hast seen me. For she said: Verily here have I seen the hinder parts of him that seeth me.
Genesis 16:15; Genesis 21:14-19
And Agar brought forth a son to Abram: who called his name Ismael.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
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