Sarah and Hagar
1. Sarah could not bare children, but she wanted a child very bad. Sarah had a servant named Hagar that was able to conceive a child, she gave Hagar to her husband Abram to be married so that they could bare a child for Sarah. After Hagar became pregnant with a child, Sarah became upset with her and mistreated her badly. Hagar ran away. On her way through the desert, Hagar was stopped by the Lord and told her that the child was to be named Ishmael and to go back to Abram. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael. When Abram was 90 the Lord came to him and gave him the covenant, and told him that to be accepted into the covenant every male was to be circumcised, even himself, when a male was born he was to be circumcised at 8 days of age. The Lord also changed Abram’s name to Abraham and Sarai’s name to Sarah. The Lord told Abraham that Sarah would bare him a son, even at the age of 90, and the son‘s name was to be Isaac.
2. Sarai mistreated Hagar when she found out she was pregnant with Abram’s baby, even though that is what Sarai had initially wanted.
3. One of the pillars for Social Justice is that of family. The story shows that there is not a strong link between Abraham and Sarah because she just gives him up to marry her slave so she can have a child to call her own. Then, when Hagar, Sarah’s servant becomes pregnant with Abraham’s baby, Sarah treats her worse than she did when Hagar was her regular servant.
4. The injustice in the story that we are still battling today is that some people are so desperate for children that they will do anything to have them, even if it means giving up a relationship to make it possible.
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Neal - Very perceptive. I hadn't thought about the childless family aspect. Good work. I learned something. We also see in this story the origins of hate between the Islamic and Jewish people. Religious Intolerance finds its roots here. We can also see the birth of the “Preference for the Poor” theology as God takes care of Hagar and Ishmael despite Sarah’s treatment. God rescues her in the wilderness and promises her a son and gives her a Divine Blessing. Good work!
This group did a really good job explaining their thoughts. I also liked their connection to the 7 pillars through the family aspect.
great job at bringing up the childless family aspect. it is true that people will give up everything for children
Excellent work. You did a good job connecting to the 7 pillars, and you read into the story very well.
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