BIBLE CHARACTERS

Lesson #6

 

Hagar:

A Slave Girl – A Concubine – A Mother – An Adversary – A Covenant

Genesis 16:1-16; Genesis 21:9-21; Genesis 25:12-18; Galatians 4:21-31

Victor M. Eskew

 

Discussion Questions

 

1.    What is the meaning of the name Hagar?

 

2.    What led to Hagar’s involvement in the life of Abraham and Sarah?

 

3.    Why would Hagar despise Sarah after she conceived a child that was obtained by the permission of her mistress?

 

4.    Why was God so concerned about Hagar and her son?

 

5.    Does Hagar evidence faith in God?

 

6.    Why would the angel tell Hagar to return with her son to a hostile environment?  And, why would Hagar comply with the angel’s directions?

 

7.    How do you perceive Abraham’s actions in the accounts involving Sarah and Hagar?

 

8.    Why did God choose to bless Ishmael?

 

9.    What do we learn about God from his interactions with Hagar?

 

10. What divine revelation comes from the interactions between Sarah and Hagar and Ishmael and Isaac?