page_title: Banishment in the Torah
section_title: Genesis Chapter 16
hierarchical_section_title: Banishment in the Torah / Genesis / Genesis Chapter 16
context_page_description: Banishment or exile can be a form of punishment. It means to be away from one's home while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened by prison or death upon return. It is a common theme within the Bible, beginning with Adam and Eve. Below is a partial list of these exiles as referenced in the Bible.
context_section_description: Genesis 16:6
  But Abram said unto Sarai: 'Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes.' And Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
  (Sarah deals harshly with her Egyptian maid Hagar, forcing her to run away.)
caption: "The dismissal of Hagar", 1612 by Pieter Pietersz Lastman
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