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What was the relationship between Abraham and Hagar?

Sarah gave Abraham her slave Hagar as a wife. Hagar bore Abraham his first son, Ishmael. Genesis 16:3, 15

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Genesis 16:3

She 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 16:15

And Agar brought forth a son to Abram: who called his name Ismael.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

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When Hagar and her son left, Abraham gave them bread and a skin of water. Genesis 21:14

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