A Flemish Baroque painting reanimates Genesis 16–21 and helps us reflect on trust, covenant and the consequences of human ...

On Mothering Sunday, we can remember the famous mothers of the Bible. Many of these mothers played an important role not only ...

Would she be able to care for herself and her children alone? Hagar, a servant of Abraham and Sarah, faced those thoughts as well. Impatient for God to give them a son as promised (Genesis 12 ...

Neither Sarah nor Hagar/Ha-jar are mentioned by name in the Qur’an, but the story of Ha-jar’s exile from Abraham’s home is traditionally understood to be referred to in a line from Ibrāhīm’s prayer in ...

According to Classical Judaism, the Arabs and Islam have their roots in Ishmael who was a son of Abraham by his second wife Hagar. First it is Sarah, Abraham's first wife who tells Abraham to ...

The patriarchs in the Bible were the fathers of the nation of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Through these three men, the ...

Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you ... especially the two terrible tests: banishing Hagar and his first born son Ishmael (Qur’an 2:124, & Genesis 16:1-16) and calling ...

The angel of the Lord also said to [Hagar], “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude” …And God said to [Abram], “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you ...