Where we only see a piece of the puzzle, He sees the whole picture.

For when her son suffered she doubted G‑d's promise.

The God who sees KNOWS this is wrong. . Then the angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority.” Genesis 16:9. The LORD’s call and promise to Abraham was sufficient to deliver them from their fears, but they acted without faith and suffered for it. Hagar then ran away into the wilderness.

Although, the name Africa is also debatable, but if we are to choose any quasi european terms, than African or Mizraim is more appropriate!

. I … Is it to realize his promises? We too have received the call, to believe, to be a blessing to the nations. Don, @Mentos93: The expression "do an end run" is from the sport of American football. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned,” (vs. 12). Because I can't completely understand why God would do something like this. Through suffering Hagar will be redeemed and will be the mother of a great nation. Children and descendants were the way by which these peoples beat the age of decay. After doubting repeated promises over the years, 90 year-old Sarah now has tangible evidence that God keeps His promises. Hagar could humiliate Abram, and make him pay. Sarah, too, was blessed with a son, Isaac. Hagar was likely acquired in Egypt in Pharaoh’s transaction for Sarai’s beauty that fell through due to Yhwh’s intervention. How long does a fresh turkey last in the refrigerator? Stack Exchange network consists of 176 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.

Egypt is a name given to that region millenia after, and it is european in origin, at a time when Europe didn't exist. My planet has a long period orbit.

Hurt people hurt people and Sarai is doing the hurting.

When she had the opportunity she made Sarai small in her eyes. He sees her not as the de-humanized slave valued for her service in the home or the bed, but as the mother of royalty and therefore royalty herself. I don’t know. Hagar would not have had to make Sarai small in her sight by virtue of the fertility that was a gift from the creator God in the first place. Each of us has received far more than Abram, Sarai and Hagar. But G‑d told him to do as Sarah wished and Ishmael would yet become the father of a great nation. One of the most interesting women in the Bible is Hagar, Abraham's second wife, and the mother of Ishmael.

Hagar embraced the promise “The God who sees” offered to her, and voluntarily returned to her mistress. Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised. I was nearly raped by my fiance, a currently carnally minded Christian due to his lack of self-control. Abraham, at the ripe age of 100, responds to his son’s birth with obedience: 1) He names the baby Isaac (17:19; 21:3).

How she was seen in God’s eyes was not important to her or real to her. Recall that Isaac was a miracle of God baby, and God Himself said that this was God's plan to give this miracle son to Abraham. Genesis 16:15.

All Rights Reserved. Once you embrace the habit of being subject to your neighbor’s judgment you face the possibility of being small in their eyes.

Far from an expert in religion, Hagr has always interested me as a woman, who followed her own instincts and heart rather than the rule at the time. What fuels the disastrous decisions by Abram, Sarai and Hagar is what fuels us.

Hagar could make Sarai her slave and humiliate and abuse her. Therefore, after Sarah's death, Isaac himself went to her and took her back to his father to be again his father's wife. Had both she and Abraham listened--really listened--to the promise God had made to them in Genesis 17:19 and 18:10, they would not have been in the pickle in which they found themselves in Genesis 21. Can you picture Sarah cradling her newborn’s warm body against hers as she studies her son’s tiny features in adoration? Abram sells his wife out of fear and greed. Then let’s not forget to thank Him for loving us and acting on our behalf. ( Log Out /  The inevitable outcome of this is abuse of others. Now Sarah had a maid named Hagar, an Egyptian woman, who ran away from her mistress, and saw an angel by a well, and afterward came back to Sarah. I understand this message. Abraham or in my language Aramaic his name is Aprim or Orahim. The term Egyptian, is more proof of the Eurpeanizing of biblical characters! Hagar's son is born to Abraham, and Abraham himself (not Sarah) names him, bestowing on him the name that the Lord had revealed to Hagar, Ishmael, "God hears." Sin always does some damage and ends up hurting someone, which is why God hates it. He hears all of our cries. She has assumed the judgment of her context that her value is dictated by her ability to produce children, more specifically male children. This “messenger” likely looked pretty much like a man, no halo, no wings, but there was obviously something about him that brought Hagar to the conclusion that he was God. Abram’s attempt in chapter 12 to secure his future at Sarai’s expense now revolves once more with Sarai attempting to secure her future at Hagar’s expense. Yet I have born him a son in his old age,” (vs. 6-7). So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. Hagar, knowing this, returned to Abram and Sarai, where she had her son. Reply, Hijra in islamic terms means to leave a place because of religious persecution, however "ajar" means reward in arabic their are a lot of words in hebrew and arabic that mean the same thing but are different due to the pronounciation of certain letters What would have happened if Hagar had said “nuts to you! Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away The ripple effect from Abraham trying to jump-start God’s plan by previously sleeping with Hagar now hits him with hurricane force. God calmed Abraham down, however, and assured him that Hagar and his beloved firstborn had a bright future ahead of them (Genesis 21:13). What all parties will learn, is that none of this salvation seeking will produce the intended outcome. God watches you. She ought to assert herself, throw down her enemies and stand upon who she really is. Reply, Hagar The second wife arrangement was an error on Abraham's and Sarah's part where Sarah urged Abraham to bring about God's plan using his own improvisation, which God did not approve of or ask him to do.