Hagar

Hagar is Sarai’s Egyptian maidservant; Scripture says she bore Abram’s son Ishmael (Genesis 16:1; Genesis 16:15). She says that she is fleeing from her mistress Sarai (Genesis 16:8).

In Genesis 21:14, Abraham gives Hagar bread and a skin of water, sends her away with the youth, and she wanders in the wilderness of Beersheba. Genesis 21:17 says that God hears the youth’s voice and that the angel of God calls to Hagar from heaven. Galatians presents Hagar allegorically in connection with a covenant from Mount Sinai (Galatians 4:24; Galatians 4:25). Hagar is named in at least 12 verses across Genesis and Galatians.