page_title: Hagar
section_title: Hagar cast out
hierarchical_section_title: Hagar / Hagar in Genesis / Hagar cast out
context_page_description: Hagar is a biblical person in the Book of Genesis. She was an Ancient Egyptian servant of Sarah, who gave her to Abraham to bear a child. The product of the union was Abraham's firstborn, Ishmael, the progenitor of the Ishmaelites Arabians. Various commentators have connected her to the Hagrites, perhaps claiming her as their eponymous ancestor.
  The name of the Egyptian servant Hagar is documented in the Book of Genesis; she is acknowledged in all Abrahamic religions. Hagar is alluded to in the Quran, and Islam acknowledges her as Abraham's second wife. According to Islamic tradition, Hagar the Egyptian is named as the "Grand Mother of Arabians" and her husband Abraham the Mesopotamian as the "Grand Father of Arabians".
context_section_description: Later, Sarah gave birth to Isaac, and the tension between the women returned. At a celebration after Isaac was weaned, Sarah found the teenage Ishmael mocking her son. She was so upset by it that she demanded that Abraham send Hagar and her son away. She declared that Ishmael would not share in Isaac's inheritance. Abraham was greatly distressed but God told Abraham to do as his wife commanded because God's promise would be carried out through Isaac; Ishmael would be made into a great nation as well because he was Abraham's offspring.
  Early the next morning, Abraham brought Hagar and Ishmael out together. Abraham gave Hagar bread and water then sent them into the wilderness of Beersheba. She and her son wandered aimlessly until their water was completely consumed. In a moment of despair, she burst into tears. God heard her and her son crying and came to rescue them.
  The angel opened Hagar's eyes and she saw a well of water.  He also told Hagar that God  would "make a great nation" of Ishmael.
  Hagar found her son a wife from Egypt and they settled in the Desert of Paran.
caption: Hagar and the Angel in the Wilderness, by Francesco Cozza
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