How did Abraham and Sarah end up having a child by Hagar the Egyptian slave girl?
After God promised Abraham and Sarah a son for 36 years and nothing happened, they took matters into their own hands. They had a child through Sarah’s Egyptian slave girl, Hagar. Sarah later became upset over Hagar’s reaction and sent her away, though the Lord told Hagar to return.
Les teaches that God had promised for 36 years that Abraham and Sarah would have a son, yet nothing happened. Finally, after 36 years, they took matters into their own hands and had a child by the slave girl, the Egyptian Hagar. Sarah became so upset with Hagar’s reaction that she sent her away, probably almost in a rage. While Hagar was out in the desert, the Lord appeared to her and told her to go back to Sarah’s tent. Les emphasizes that God sent her back, and he wants us to ask why, since it would be the same thing all over again.
Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
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