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By the time Abraham was about 85 years old, he remained childless and was concerned that he had no heir to inherit his estate. Although God had promised that an heir would come from his own body,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2015%3A2-4&version=NIV|title=Genesis 15:2-4}}</ref> his wife Sarah, already well beyond childbearing age and no longer menstruating, was distressed by her barrenness. In her concern, Sarah urged Abraham to take her maidservant Hagar as a concubine so that she might bear a child on her behalf.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2016%3A1-2&version=NIV|title=Genesis 16:1-2|quote= }}</ref> Abraham accepted the proposal after he had lived ten years in Canaan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2016%3A3&version=NIV|title=Genesis 16:3|quote= }}</ref> Hagar conceived and gave birth to Ishmael, Abraham’s firstborn son. | By the time Abraham was about 85 years old, he remained childless and was concerned that he had no heir to inherit his estate. Although God had promised that an heir would come from his own body,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2015%3A2-4&version=NIV|title=Genesis 15:2-4}}</ref> his wife Sarah, already well beyond childbearing age and no longer menstruating, was distressed by her barrenness. In her concern, Sarah urged Abraham to take her maidservant Hagar as a concubine so that she might bear a child on her behalf.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2016%3A1-2&version=NIV|title=Genesis 16:1-2|quote= }}</ref> Abraham accepted the proposal after he had lived ten years in Canaan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2016%3A3&version=NIV|title=Genesis 16:3|quote= }}</ref> Hagar conceived and gave birth to Ishmael, Abraham’s firstborn son. | ||
===Conflict Between Hagar and Sarah=== | ===Conflict Between Hagar and Sarah=== | ||
After Hagar conceived, she began to despise her mistress Sarah. Distressed, Sarah complained to Abraham, saying, “I put my servant in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me.” In reply, Abraham acknowledged that although Hagar was carrying his child, she remained under Sarah’s authority.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2016%3A5-6&version=NIV|title=Genesis 16:5-6|quote= }}</ref> Unwilling to tolerate Hagar’s contempt, Sarah treated her harshly. Unable to endure the mistreatment, Hagar fled into the wilderness. There, an angel of the LORD appeared to her, instructing her to return and submit to Sarah. Hagar obeyed and later gave birth to a son. At that time, Abraham was 86 years old, and he named the child. | After Hagar conceived, she began to despise her mistress, Sarah. Distressed, Sarah complained to Abraham, saying, “I put my servant in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me.” In reply, Abraham acknowledged that although Hagar was carrying his child, she remained under Sarah’s authority.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2016%3A5-6&version=NIV|title=Genesis 16:5-6|quote= }}</ref> Unwilling to tolerate Hagar’s contempt, Sarah treated her harshly. Unable to endure the mistreatment, Hagar fled into the wilderness. There, an angel of the LORD appeared to her, instructing her to return and submit to Sarah. Hagar obeyed and later gave birth to a son. At that time, Abraham was 86 years old, and he named the child. | ||
{{quote5|내용=So '''Hagar''' bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him '''Ishmael'''.|출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+16%3A15-16&version=NIV Genesis 16:15–16]}} | {{quote5|내용=So '''Hagar''' bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him '''Ishmael'''.|출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+16%3A15-16&version=NIV Genesis 16:15–16]}} | ||
===Expulsion=== | ===Expulsion=== | ||
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{{quote5|내용=This is the '''account of Abraham's son Ishmael''', whom Sarah's maidservant, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham. These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael, and these are the names of the '''twelve tribal rulers''' according to their settlements and camps.|출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+25%3A12-16&version=NIV Genesis 25:12–16]}} | {{quote5|내용=This is the '''account of Abraham's son Ishmael''', whom Sarah's maidservant, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham. These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael, and these are the names of the '''twelve tribal rulers''' according to their settlements and camps.|출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+25%3A12-16&version=NIV Genesis 25:12–16]}} | ||
<small>{{참고|이스마엘|설명=더 자세한 내용은}}</small><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"><small> For details, refer to: [[이스마엘]]</small></div> | <small>{{참고|이스마엘|설명=더 자세한 내용은}}</small><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"><small> For details, refer to: [[이스마엘]]</small></div><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"><small> For details, refer to: [[이스마엘]]</small></div> | ||
==The Symbolic Meaning of Hagar== | ==The Symbolic Meaning of Hagar== | ||