Hagar

Banished desert mother

Hagar is a biblical figure, the Egyptian servant of Sarah who bore Abraham's son Ishmael.

In the Genesis narrative, she was cast out into the wilderness with her child after Sarah bore Isaac.

Hagar appears in theological discussions of covenant and lineage, and she is honored in Islamic tradition as an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad.

The name is occasionally used as a given name.

Hagar in the desert is a subject in religious art.

biblical

Abraham

First Hebrew patriarch

SarahFemale name, Hebrew origin
IshmaelCast-out firstborn son
GenesisFirst biblical book

handmaid · angel · desert · well · Egyptian · concubine · theophany · Beersheba · wilderness · bondwoman

exile

banishment

Forced removal from place

wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
displacementRemoval from usual location
wandererRootless, roving person

outcast · refugee · expulsion · estrangement · rejection · homelessness · dispossessed · alienation · survival · diaspora

matriarch

Ishmael

Cast-out firstborn son

ancestryFamily line of descent
lineageDescent from progenitors
descendantsThose who come after

Arabs · progenitor · foremother · heritage · genealogy · offspring · tribe · progeny · motherhood · bloodline

Categories

Biblical FiguresJesus, Adam, Eve, Moses, Noah
Comic CharactersSuperman, Batman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Captain America
AbrahamAbraham, Abram, Sarah, Isaac, Ishmael
Biblical familiesAbraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca
Biblical WomenEve, Mary, Ruth, Sarah, Rachel
GenesisAdam, Eve, Noah, Abraham, Isaac

Opposites

biblical matriarchal status

HagarSarah

Female name, Hebrew origin

Isaac · Rebecca · Rachel · Jacob · Israel

symbolic religious allegory

HagarSarah

Female name, Hebrew origin

grace · freedom

Phrases

Family

hagiographic, hagiographies, hagiographer, hagiographical

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