In a dramatic twist of fate, Abram’s long-awaited joy of fatherhood takes a dark turn when Sarai, unable to bear children herself, devises a desperate plan. She offers her maid Hagar to Abram, a choice that sparks a fierce emotional tempest. Hagar’s swift conception ignites a bitter rivalry, as Sarai’s jealousy boils over, leading to harsh treatment of the pregnant maid. The personal turmoil crescendos as Hagar flees into the wilderness, her hope fading as she disappears into the unforgiving desert landscape.
Amidst the arid desolation, an angel of the LORD intervenes, finding Hagar by a lonely fountain and delivering a message of hope and divine promise. Hagar is commanded to return to Sarai, with the promise of numerous descendants and the birth of a son, Ishmael, whose future is foretold to be tumultuous. As Hagar accepts her fate and returns to Abram, the dramatic saga of their lives intertwines with broader destinies, leaving a mark that will ripple through generations and set the stage for a story fraught with divine intervention and human conflict.
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Genesis
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Jasher
40%
Jubilees
12%
Exposition
Sarai gives Hagar to Abram to produce an heir
Genesis 16:1-2
Jasher 16:23-26
Jubilees 14:21-22
Rising Action
Abram marries Hagar
Genesis 16:3
Jasher 16:27
Jubilees 14:23
Climax
Sarai despises Hagar
Genesis 16:4-5
Jasher 16:28-32
Falling Action
Hagar is cast out
Genesis 16:6
Jasher 16:33
Resolution
The Angel of YWHH makes a covenant with Hagar
Genesis 16:7-14
Jasher 16:34-35
Ishmael born
Genesis 16:15-16
Jasher 16:36
Jubilees 14:24
Nahor and Milcah’s children born
Genesis 22:21-22, 23b
Jasher 22:17
Nahor and Reumah’s children born
Genesis 22:24
Jasher 22:18-19
Jubilee: 42
Year: 2034
Sarai gives Hagar to Abram to produce an heir
Genesis 16:1
1 Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
Jasher 16:23
23 And Sarai, the daughter of Haran, Abram’s wife, was still barren in those days; she did not bear to Abram either son or daughter.
Jubilees 14:21
21 And Abram rejoiced, and made all these things known to Sarai his wife; and he believed that he would have seed, but she did not bear.
Jasher 16:24-25
24 And when she saw that she bare no children she took her handmaid Hagar, whom Pharaoh had given her, and she gave her to Abram her husband for a wife.
25 For Hagar learned all the ways of Sarai as Sarai taught her, she was not in any way deficient in following her good ways.
Genesis 16:2
2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
Jasher 16:26
26 And Sarai said to Abram, Behold here is my handmaid Hagar, go to her that she may bring forth upon my knees, that I may also obtain children through her.
Jubilees 14:22
22 And Sarai advised her husband Abram, and said unto him: ‘Go in unto Hagar, my Egyptian maid: it may be that I shall build up seed unto thee by her.’
Genesis 16:3
3 And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
Jasher 16:27
27 And at the end of ten years of Abram’s dwelling in the land of Canaan, which is the eighty-fifth year of Abram’s life, Sarai gave Hagar unto him.
Jubilees 14:23
23 And Abram harkened unto the voice of Sarai his wife, and said unto her, ‘Do (so).’ And Sarai took Hagar, her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to Abram, her husband, to be his wife.
Genesis 16:4-5
4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
Jasher 16:28-32
28 And Abram hearkened to the voice of his wife Sarai, and he took his handmaid Hagar and Abram came to her and she conceived.
29 And when Hagar saw that she had conceived she rejoiced greatly, and her mistress was despised in her eyes, and she said within herself, This can only be that I am better before God than Sarai my mistress, for all the days that my mistress has been with my lord, she did not conceive, but me the Lord has caused in so short a time to conceive by him.
30 And when Sarai saw that Hagar had conceived by Abram, Sarai was jealous of her handmaid, and Sarai said within herself, This is surely nothing else but that she must be better than I am.
31 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee, for at the time when thou didst pray before the Lord for children why didst thou not pray on my account, that the Lord should give me seed from thee?
32 And when I speak to Hagar in thy presence, she despiseth my words, because she has conceived, and thou wilt say nothing to her; may the Lord judge between me and thee for what thou hast done to me.
Genesis 16:6
6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
Jasher 16:33
33 And Abram said to Sarai, Behold thy handmaid is in thy hand, do unto her as it may seem good in thy eyes; and Sarai afflicted her, and Hagar fled from her to the wilderness.
The Angel of YWHH makes a covenant with Hagar
Genesis 16:7-11
7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
Jasher 16:34
34 And an angel of the Lord found her in the place where she had fled, by a well, and he said to her, Do not fear, for I will multiply thy seed, for thou shalt bear a son and thou shalt call his name Ishmael; now then return to Sarai thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
Genesis 16:12-13
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
Genesis 16:14
14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Jasher 16:35
35 And Hagar called the place of that well Beer-lahai-roi, it is between Kadesh and the wilderness of Bered.
Jubilees 13:12
12 Now Tanais in Egypt was at that time built- seven years after Hebron.
Genesis 16:15-16
15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
Jasher 16:36
36 And Hagar at that time returned to her master’s house, and at the end of days Hagar bare a son to Abram, and Abram called his name Ishmael; and Abram was eighty-six years old when he begat him.
Jubilees 14:24
24 And he went in unto her, and she conceived and bare him a son, and he called his name Ishmael, in the fifth year of this week [1965 A.M.]; and this was the eighty-sixth year in the life of Abram.
Year: 2035-2048
Nahor and Milcah’s children born
Genesis 22:21-22, 23b
21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23b these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
Jasher 22:17
17 And these are the names of those that were born to him, Uz, Buz, Kemuel, Kesed, Chazo, Pildash, Tidlaf, and Bethuel, being eight sons, these are the children of Milca which she bare to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
Nahor and Reumah’s children born
Genesis 22:24
24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
Jasher 22:18
18 And Nahor had a concubine and her name was Reumah, and she also bare to Nahor, Zebach, Gachash, Tachash and Maacha, being four sons.
Jasher 22:19
19 And the children that were born to Nahor were twelve sons besides his daughters, and they also had children born to them in Haran.
