Sarah, Abraham's wife, being barren, offers Hagar her maid to her husband, c1804. Artist: Unknown
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Sarah, Abraham's wife, being barren, offers Hagar her maid to her husband, c1804. The result of the union was Ishmael whose name came to mean an outcast. From the Bible (Genesis 16:3).