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People of the Old Testament: Hagar (Sarah's handmaiden)
Hagar the handmaiden of Sarah was a profound theologian. Taken as a slave from her homeland of Egypt, given as an object to Abraham for the purpose of bearing a surrogate child for Sarah, abused and abandoned by a jealous mistress, lost in the wilderness, heavily pregnant and without hope: Hagar encounters the Living God.
Known throughout the Old Testament as "The God of Abraham", Hagar dares to give God a new name, "El Roi", which means "the God who sees me." To all who feel invisible, or to those who wish to hide their injustice from God, He is El Roi, the God who sees.