Hagar is a princess of Egypt, one of Pharaoh’s (minor) daughters, and has lived a plush, pampered life until Pharaoh gives her to Abraham as a handmaiden. Gasp and double-gasp! Not even as a wife — as a servant to a wife.
Descent into bitterness, spite. This is exacerbated after Ishmael’s birth. After she’s kicked out, she cannot even cry properly [the theme of the day is tears] and is only concerned with her own well-being — she puts the baby far away from her so she won’t be inconvenienced by his dying.
To do: not let self become like Hagar.
white pebble 