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Hagar

mother of Ishmael

Egyptian servant of Sarah and mother of Ishmael.

12 appearances2 Bible books1 known aliases

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servant of given to as a concubine to bear a child, who flees into the wilderness when Sarah deals harshly with her. The angel of the Lord meets her at a spring and tells her to return, promising that her son will become a great multitude, and she names the Lord the God who sees. After 's birth she is sent away again with the boy and nearly perishes in the wilderness of before God opens her eyes to a well. allegorizes her in as a figure of the covenant from Mount in contrast to the free above.

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