1. Abraham's firstborn son, through Hagar, Ishmael, became the progenitor of the Ishmaelites, generally taken to be the Arabs.
19 Facts About Hagar
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Hagar is alluded to, although not named, in the Quran, and Islam considers her Abraham's second wife.
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Hagar became pregnant, and tension arose between the two women.
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At a spring en route, an angel appeared to Hagar, who instructed her to return to Sarai and submit to her mistress.
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Hagar then returned to Abram and Sarai, and soon gave birth to a son, whom she named as the angel had instructed.
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Hagar was so upset by the idea of Ishmael inheriting their wealth that she demanded that Abraham send Hagar and her son away.
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Hagar declared that Ishmael would not share in Isaac's inheritance.
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Hagar told Hagar that God would "make a great nation" of Ishmael.
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Hagar found her son a wife from Egypt and they settled in the Desert of Paran.
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Hagar helped her and said that God heard Ishmael cry and would provide them with water, and Hagar found the sacred Zamzam Well.
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Hagar was at first reluctant when Sarah desired her to marry Abraham, and although Sarah had full authority over her as her handmaid, she persuaded her, saying.
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Hagar eventually settled in the Desert of Paran with her son Isma'il.
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Hagar's father was killed by Pharaoh Dhu l-'arsh and she was captured and taken as a slave.
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Hagar said it was inspired by "strong sympathy for all women who have struggled and suffered".
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The novel The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence has a protagonist named Hagar married to a man named Bram, whose life story loosely imitates that of the biblical Hagar.
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Since the 1970s, the custom has arisen of giving the name "Hagar" to newborn female babies.
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Several black American feminists have written about Hagar, comparing her story to those of slaves in American history.
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Hagar sees Hagar as a model of "power, skills, strength and drive".
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Hagar bearing a child for an infertile woman is an example of what is called surrogacy or contractual gestation, except in Hagar's case she had no choice in the matter.