![]() ![]() Referring to the report that when she had conceived she began to despise her mistress, the Rabbis say that she gossiped about Sarah, saying: "She is certainly not as godly as she pretends to be, for in all the years of her married life she has had no children, while I conceived at once" (Gen. Other homilies, however, take an unfavorable view of Hagar's character. It was Isaac who, after the death of Sarah, went to bring back Hagar to the house of his father the Rabbis infer this from the report that Isaac came from Beer-lahai-roi, the place which Hagar had named (Gen. Another explanation of the same name is "to adorn," because she was adorned with piety and good deeds ( l.c.). 1), with allusion to (Aramaic, "to tie" Gen. Her fidelity is praised, for even after Abraham sent her away she kept her marriage vow, and therefore she was identified with Keturah (Gen. 22), Hagar was not frightened by the sight of the divine messenger (Gen. ![]() "Consider thyself happy to be united with this saint." Hagar is held up as an example of the high degree of godliness prevalent in Abraham's time, for while Manoah was afraid that he would die because he had seen an angel of God (Judges xiii. She was at first reluctant when Sarah desired her to marry Abraham, and although Sarah had full authority over her as her handmaid, she persuaded her, saying. 17), said: "It is better for Hagar to be a slave in Sarah's house than mistress in her own." In this sense Hagar's name is interpreted as "reward" ("Ha-Agar" = "this is reward"). xlv.), Hagar was the daughter of Pharaoh, who, seeing what great miracles God had done for Sarah's sake (Gen. 315, Leipsic, 1892 Īccording to the Midrash (Gen. 4, 2), and though Arabians, they do not belong to the Ishmaelites. The Hagarites have been identified with the Agraioi mentioned by Strabo (xvi. There are in various passages in Chronicles, however, references to the tribe of Hagarites, who were neighbors of the transJordanic tribes of Israel and were driven from their homes by them (I Chron. 12), where she is merely referred to as the mother of Ishmael. Only one other mention of Hagar is found in the Bible (Gen. She dwelt with her son in the wilderness of Paran, where he became an archer, and she took a wife for him from Egypt (Gen. In the moment of her greatest despair an angel of God appeared to her and showed her a well, promising her that Ishmael would found a great nation. ![]() ![]() Hagar fled again into the wilderness, where Ishmael came near dying of thirst. Abraham was unwilling to do so, but upon God's command he yielded. Another narrative tells that when Isaac had been weaned Ishmael "played" with him or "mocked" him ( is ambiguous), and that Sarah demanded of Abraham that he cast out Hagar and her son, that the latter might not inherit with Isaac. He promised that she should bear a son who would be called "Ishmael" (= "he whom the Lord will hear"), and that he would be a strong fighter ("a wild ass among men"), and would be respected by his brethren (Gen. There, as she sat by a fountain, an angel of the Lord appeared and commanded her to return to her mistress and submit to her. When Hagar had conceived she became domineering, and Sarah, with the consent of Abraham, drove her into the wilderness. 3, where Rachel makes a similar request). According to one narrative, Sarah, having no children, requested Abraham to take Hagar as concubine, so that she might adopt her children (comp. Egyptian handmaid of Sarah, and mother of Ishmael. ![]()
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