Both Testaments · Major figure
Hagar
An Egyptian handmaid to Sarah who bore Ishmael to Abraham and experienced God's provision in the wilderness.
Hagar was an Egyptian servant given to Abraham by Sarah to conceive a child. After fleeing Sarah's mistreatment, she encountered the Angel of the Lord, who promised her descendants and provided for her in the desert. Her life serves as a historical account of God's care for the marginalized and is later used by Paul in Galatians as an allegory for the covenant of law.
In the text
- Verses
- 12
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- Genesis 16:1
- Last appears
- Galatians 4:25
Where Hagar appears
12 verses · 4 chaptersIn the same books
- Ephron10 versesA Hittite landowner who sold the cave of Machpelah to Abraham for the burial of Sarah.
- Mamre10 versesAn Amorite chieftain who was an ally of Abram and provided land for his encampment near Hebron.
- Laban45 versesThe brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel who became Jacob's father-in-law and employer.
- Leah32 versesThe eldest daughter of Laban and first wife of Jacob, who became the mother of six of Israel's twelve tribes.
- Rebekah30 versesThe wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau, instrumental in fulfilling God's promise to Abraham.
- Bilhah11 versesRachel's handmaid who became a concubine to Jacob and the mother of his sons Dan and Naphtali.
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