Hagar

This article is about the biblical person. For other uses, see Hagar (disambiguation).
Hagar
A depiction of Hagar and her son Ishmael in the desert (1819) by François-Joseph Navez
Born
Egypt
Died
Mecca (According to Islam), unknown (according to Judaism and Christianity)
Other namesHājar
SpouseAbraham
ChildrenIshmael (son)
Relatives
  • Isaac (step-son)
  • Lot (nephew-in-law)
  • Salih (forefather; according to the Islamic tradition)

According to the Book of Genesis, Hagar[a] was an Egyptian slave, a handmaiden of Sarah (then known as Sarai),[2] whom Sarah gave to her own husband Abram (later renamed Abraham) as a wife to bear him a child. Abraham's firstborn son, through Hagar, Ishmael, became the progenitor of the Ishmaelites, generally taken to be the Arabs. Various commentators have connected her to the Hagrites (sons of Agar), perhaps claiming her as their eponymous ancestor.[3][4][5][6] Hagar is alluded to, although not named, in the Quran, and Islam considers her Abraham's second wife.

  1. ^ John L. Mckenzie (October 1995). The Dictionary Of The Bible. Simon and Schuster. p. 330. ISBN 978-0-684-81913-6.
  2. ^ Douglas, J. D.; Merrill C. Tenney, eds. (26 April 2011). Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Moisés Silva revisions (Rev. ed.). Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan. p. 560. ISBN 978-0310229834.
  3. ^ Theodor Nöldeke (1899). "Hagar". In T. K. Cheyne; J. Shutherland Black (eds.). Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible. Vol. 2, E–K. New York: The Macmillan Company.
  4. ^ Paul K. Hooker (2001). First and Second Chronicles. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-664-25591-6.
  5. ^ Keith Bodner (29 August 2013). The Artistic Dimension: Literary Explorations of the Hebrew Bible. A&C Black. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-567-44262-8.
  6. ^ Bruce K. Waltke (22 November 2016). Genesis: A Commentary. Zondervan. p. 344. ISBN 978-0-310-53102-9.


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