Question

Hagar: A story of a woman and water(short summary(

Answer 1

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• Hagar was the Egyptian slave of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

• Abraham's wife Sarah had been barren for a long time.

• So she offered Hagar to Abraham as a second wife.

• Hagar became pregnant, and tension arose between the two women.

• Sarah complained to Abraham and treated Hagar harshly, and Hagar ran  away.

• After some days the pregnant Hagar came back and gave birth to a child – Ishmael.

• Later Sarah becomes pregnant and gives birth to a child – Isaac.

• The tension between the women returned.

• Sarah found the teenage Ishmael mocking her son.

• The next morning, Abraham brought Hagar and Ishmael out together.  

• Abraham gives Hagar bread and water then sends them into the wilderness of Beersheba.

• Hagar and her son wandered aimlessly until their water was completely consumed.