2007-04-28 17:34:32 · 9 answers · asked by Shafeeqah 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is for all women who think Jesus is the GOD of the old Testament and to the Jews.
Good quote though, Christian women dont read all of their books and then they critisize others.
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2007-04-28 17:37:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
Sarah was Abraham's wife but hadn't given birth to any children throughout their marriage. Failure to produce children was a reproach upon married women of ancient times. Sarah asked her husband to have relations with her maidservant Hagar so she could have a legal child in this way. Unfortunately, this lead to a lot of trouble within the household between Sarah and Hagar (and their sons Isaac and Ismael). Hagar and her son Ismael were later sent away. Ismael later grew up and became the father of the Ismaelites. (Genesis Chapter 16; 21 8-21)
2007-04-28 17:56:10 · answer #2 · answered by ♥☺ bratiskim∞! ☺♥ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Judaism is matriarchal when it comes to Children. Sarah, being barren had a right to give her slave to Abraham to have a child as a wife. However, there is the problem that Haggar was an
Egyptian and the Child would technically not be a Hebrew unless Sarah accepted it as her own.
You might want to find the book "Hagar the Egyptian--The Lost Tradition of The Matriarchs." ISBN 0-06-250872-5
2007-04-28 17:46:51 · answer #3 · answered by Terry 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to ancient surrogate motherhood customs, a wife could give her maid to her husband and claim the child as her own.
Thus, Hagar became Abraham's second wife.
2007-04-28 17:43:35 · answer #4 · answered by pppz0r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Among the Hebrews a concubine occupied a position in the nature of a secondary wife and was sometimes spoken of as a wife. It appears that concubines were slave girls, one of three kinds: (1) a Hebrew girl sold by her father (Exodus 21:7-9 (2) a foreign slave girl purchased or (3) a foreigh girl captured in warfare (Deut. 21:10 - 14) Some were the slave girls or handmaids of the free wife, as in the cases of Sarah, Leah and Rachel (Genesis 16:3 and 4 also chapters 30:3 - 13 and Juidges 8:31 also chapter ( verse 18.
2007-04-28 17:49:15 · answer #5 · answered by lover of truth 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Yes.
and this denial and the denial of parentage and care and protection and guidance was and is awful.
Abraham did this not YHWH.
The only thing that there should be a bit about is that it was through Sarah the Christ line came not Hagar.
Unfortunately, in response, over time, the descendants have turned to a different god - Allah.
But substituting a moon god's name and religion ways for YHWH's is really not a good idea.
Return to the true God - leave behind the pollution of others.
2007-04-28 17:55:31 · answer #6 · answered by cordsoforion 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Sara felt guilty over her inability to conceive and sought to give Abram a child through her maid. She did not trust God and thus caused a division in Abraham's descendants: Muslims and Jews. What they did was sin and once again the later generations must deal with the consequences.
2007-04-28 17:43:58 · answer #7 · answered by future dr.t (IM) 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Who said she wasnt a wife of Abraham? She was his first wife, or even a wife that he chose, but in order to have sex with her and it be ok with everybody he had to marry, she basically became one of his concubines. See Abraham and Sarah thought they could help God do God, a mistake alot of us make.
2007-04-28 17:41:54 · answer #8 · answered by pastor2Be 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
THE MEANING ABRAHAM WIFE BECAME VERY DEPISED AFTER HAGAR BECAME CONCEIVED (a CARNEL PLAN FOR CHILDREN
2007-04-28 17:49:04 · answer #9 · answered by out8east2000 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋