Quotes about Hagar
But God loved Hagar. He loves those who just can't take it anymore and who run away. In fact, the Bible is filled with stories of His love for those like Hagar.
— Anne Graham Lotz
This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
— Genesis 25:12
And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
— Genesis 16:4
“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
— Genesis 16:6
And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
— Genesis 16:15
Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.
— Genesis 16:16
“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.
— Genesis 16:8
But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”
— Genesis 21:13
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
— Genesis 16:1
Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.
— Genesis 16:7
Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.
— Genesis 21:17
Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
— Galatians 4:25