Hagar in the Bible

Meaning: a stranger; one that fearspar

Exact Match

And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesTen To Fourteen YearsGiving In Marriagemistress

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesPregnancyMarital SexMarital Sex Betweensarahmistress

But Abram said to Sarai, “Look, your maid is entirely in your hands and subject to your authority; do as you please with her.” So Sarai treated her harshly and humiliated her, and Hagar fled from her.

Verse ConceptsAbuse Of Authority, Examples OfMastersOppression, Nature OfSuffering, Causes OfEmployers, Bad ExamplesGiven Into One's HandsLeaving People Alonemistress

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

Verse ConceptsWhere From?Where To?mistress

So Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "Here I have seen one who sees me!"

Verse ConceptsVeilsNames Of GodGod, All knowingGod Seeing All The EarthThose Who Saw GodVisibilityOther References To God's Name

But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamProphecies Concerning ChristPay Attention To People!sarah

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a flask of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder and the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

Verse ConceptsShouldersBottle, UsesDeserts, SpecificThe HomelessWater ContainersWanderersThose Who Rose EarlyCarrying Other LoadsExamples Of Love For Children

When the water in the skin was all gone, Hagar abandoned the boy under one of the bushes.

Verse ConceptsWater ContainersNo Water For PeopleShortage Other Than Food

And God heard the voice of the lad. And the Angel of God called to Hagar from the heavens, and said to her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad there, where he is.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamAngel of the LordHeaven And AngelsAngstGod HearingWhat Is The Matter?God Speaks From HeavenDo Not Fear For God Will Help

Then God enabled Hagar to see a well of water. She went over and filled the skin with water, and then gave the boy a drink.

Verse ConceptsWaterWater ContainersMan Providing WaterReceiving Sight

but to the sons of his concubines [Hagar and Keturah], Abraham gave gifts while he was still living and he sent them to the east country, away from Isaac his son [of promise].

Verse ConceptsGroups Sent Away

And these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's bondwoman, bore to Abraham.

Verse Conceptssarah

Thematic Bible



And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife. And the angel said to her, Go back, and put yourself under her authority. And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered. read more.
And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow. And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.


And he went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for her master's wife.


And in the days of Saul they made war on the Hagarites, and overcame them; and they put up their tents through all the land east of Gilead.

Now these are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whose mother was Hagar the Egyptian, the servant of Sarah: These are the names of the sons of Ishmael by their generations: Ishmael's first son was Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam And Mishma and Dumah and Massa, read more.
Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:

And they went to war against the Hagarites, with Jetur and Naphish and Nodab. And they were helped against them, so that the Hagarites, and those with them, were given into their power. For they sent up prayers to God in the fight, and he gave ear to them, because they put their faith in him. And they took away their cattle: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men. read more.
And a very great number went to their death, because the war was God's purpose. And they went on living in their place till they were taken away as prisoners.



And the boy's cry came to the ears of God; and the angel of God said to Hagar from heaven, Hagar, why are you weeping? have no fear, for the child's cry has come to the ears of God. Come, take your child in your arms, for I will make of him a great nation. Then God made her eyes open, and she saw a water-spring, and she got water in the skin and gave the boy a drink.

Now this Hagar is the mountain Sinai in Arabia, and is the image of the Jerusalem which now is: which is a servant with her children.


And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with Isaac. So she said to Abraham, Send away that woman and her son: for the son of that woman is not to have a part in the heritage with my son Isaac. And this was a great grief to Abraham because of his son. read more.
But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name. And I will make a nation of the son of your servant-woman, because he is your seed. And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba.


And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.


Which things have a secret sense; because these women are the two agreements; one from the mountain of Sinai, giving birth to servants, which is Hagar. Now this Hagar is the mountain Sinai in Arabia, and is the image of the Jerusalem which now is: which is a servant with her children.



And when all the water in the skin was used up, she put the child down under a tree. And she went some distance away, about an arrow flight, and seating herself on the earth, she gave way to bitter weeping, saying, Let me not see the death of my child.


And the angel said to her, Go back, and put yourself under her authority.


Then God made her eyes open, and she saw a water-spring, and she got water in the skin and gave the boy a drink.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain