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    Hagar

    הָגָרἌγαρ

    Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian maidservant, bore Abraham a son named Ishmael and is also mentioned in Paul's allegory in Galatians.

    verses
    12
    first named
    Genesis 16:1
    last named
    Galatians 4:25
    period
    the Patriarchs
    role
    Woman

    Description

    Who was Hagar?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Hagar was an Egyptian maidservant of Sarah, Abraham's wife. When Sarah was unable to conceive, she gave Hagar to Abraham as a concubine to bear a child on her behalf, following the custom of the time (Gen.16.1-3). Hagar conceived and gave birth to a son named Ishmael (Gen.16.15). However, tensions arose between Hagar and Sarah, leading Sarah to mistreat Hagar, who then fled into the wilderness (Gen.16.4-6). An angel of the Lord appeared to Hagar, instructing her to return and submit to Sarah, and promising that her descendants would be greatly multiplied (Gen.16.7-10). Years later, after Isaac was born to Sarah, Hagar and Ishmael were sent away by Abraham at Sarah's insistence (Gen.21.9-14). God heard Ishmael's cry in the wilderness and provided for him and Hagar, promising to make Ishmael into a great nation (Gen.21.17-21). In the New Testament, Paul uses Hagar and Sarah as an allegory, with Hagar representing the old covenant of slavery under the law, and Sarah representing the new covenant of freedom through Christ (Gal.4.24-25). Hagar's story illustrates God's care for the oppressed and His faithfulness to His promises, even to those outside the primary line of Abraham's descendants.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Hagar10 of 10 entities the graph connects to Hagar, in 3 groups: kinship 2, company 2, events 6. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.AbrahamSpouse of · 8 events · 275 versesIshmaelMother of · 3 events · 27 versesKinshipHagar’s birthTook part in · 2 versesSarah’s giving of HagarTook part in · 2 versesCompanyLORD1 event · 1,004 versesJerusalem1 event · 888 versesEgypt1 event · 649 versesWater1 event · 230 versesSarah7 events · 48 versesSinai1 event · 43 versesEventsHagar

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    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Hagar happensAll 2 places the claims about Hagar reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Beersheba, Egypt. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Hagar there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.BeershebaEgypt
    the PatriarchsAll 2 places the claims about Hagar reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 12, across 2 books. The name is written 14 times in them.

    1. Genesis10 verses

      16:116:316:416:816:1516:1621:921:1421:1725:12

    2. Galatians2 verses

      4:244:25

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Sarah’s giving of Hagar and AbrahamSarahWife of Abraham; mother of Isaacvia Hagar’s birthBirthBirth is a concept gathering 84 labelled instances in the text.via Sarah’s giving of HagarGivingGiving is a concept gathering 561 labelled instances in the text.via Abraham and IshmaelAbraham’s circumcision of Circumcision, Male, Males Born In Household Or Purchased, Ishmael, Abraham Household Males, and AbrahamAbraham’s circumcision of Circumcision, Male, Males Born In Household Or Purchased, Ishmael, Abraham Household Males, and Abraham is an event attested across 6 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Abraham and IshmaelIsaacSon of Abraham; father of Jacob and Esau.via Abraham and IshmaelIsaac and Ishmael’s burial of AbrahamIsaac and Ishmael’s burial of Abraham is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 6 pageable entities.via Abraham and IshmaelIshbakSon of Abraham and Keturah.via Abraham and IshmaelJokshanA son of Abraham and Keturahvia Abraham and IshmaelMedanSon of Abraham and Keturah.

    Where they appear

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    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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