Hagar
![''A depiction of Hagar and her son [[Ishmael]] in the desert'' (1819) by [[François-Joseph Navez]]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Fran%C3%A7ois-Joseph_Navez_-_Agar_et_Isma%C3%ABl_dans_le_d%C3%A9sert_%28cropped%29.jpg)
According to the
Book of Genesis,
Hagar; , of uncertain origin; ; ; }} is an
Egyptian slave, a handmaiden of
Sarah (then known as ''Sarai''), whom Sarah gave to her own husband Abram (later renamed
Abraham) as a wife to bear him a child. Abraham's firstborn son, through Hagar,
Ishmael, became the progenitor of the
Ishmaelites, generally taken to be the
Arabs. Various commentators have connected her to the
Hagrites (sons of Agar), perhaps claiming her as their eponymous ancestor. Hagar is alluded to, although not named, in the
Quran, and Islam considers her Abraham's second wife.
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