Hagar and me. Notes.
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 … Continue reading Hagar and me. Notes.