The Slave Girl Who Gave God a Name - The Story of Hagar Explained

The story of Hagar explained: She's the only person in the Bible who gave God a name. Not Abraham. Not Moses. Not David. An Egyptian slave girl named Hagar looked at the living God and called Him "El Roi" - The God Who Sees Me.

This is the untold story of Hagar from Genesis 16 and 21 - a woman abandoned twice, saved twice, and seen by God when no one else would look at her. Discover how a powerless slave became the first person in all of Scripture to receive a visitation from the Angel of the Lord, and why her encounter with God changed everything.

📖 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
Why Hagar's story is one of the most overlooked in the Bible
The shocking truth about Sarah's treatment of Hagar
How Hagar became the ONLY person to name God
What "El Roi" (אֵל רֳאִי) means and why it matters today
Hagar's two divine encounters in the wilderness
The promises God made to Ishmael (identical to Abraham's!)
What this story reveals about God's heart for the invisible and forgotten

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Introduction: The Woman Who Named God
1:00 - Setting the Scene: Canaan, 2000 BC
3:00 - Sarah's Desperate Decision
5:00 - The Abuse Begins
6:30 - Hagar's Flight into the Wilderness
7:30 - The First Divine Encounter
10:30 - Hagar Names God "El Roi"
11:00 - Return and 13 Years of Waiting
12:00 - Sarah's Jealousy and Second Exile
13:00 - Death in the Desert
14:30 - God Hears and Sees (Again)
16:00 - The Legacy of Hagar
18:00 - What This Means For Us Today

🔥 KEY VERSES:
Genesis 16:7-13 - The First Encounter
Genesis 21:9-21 - The Second Exile
Genesis 16:13 - "You are the God who sees me"

💡 WHY THIS STORY MATTERS:
Hagar's story is about more than ancient history. It's about a God who sees the invisible, hears the voiceless, and meets us in our wilderness. Whether you're feeling abandoned, overlooked, or forgotten - El Roi sees you.

This is the story they don't teach in Sunday School. This is Hagar explained.

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💬 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1. Why do you think Hagar's story is so often overlooked?
2. What does it mean that God chose to appear first to a slave rather than a patriarch?
3. How does "El Roi" (The God Who Sees) speak to your life today?
4. What can we learn from Hagar's two encounters with God?

📖 SOURCES & FURTHER READING:
Genesis 16:1-16 (First Hagar narrative)
Genesis 21:8-21 (Second Hagar narrative)
"Hagar the Egyptian" by Delores S. Williams
"The Book of God and Physics" - Hagar's theological significance
Ancient Near Eastern cultural context of slavery and surrogacy

🏷️ TAGS:
#Hagar #ElRoi #BibleStories #Genesis #BiblicalWomen #OldTestament #Ishmael #AngelOfTheLord #UntoldBibleStories #ChristianContent #BibleStudy #Scripture #BiblicalHistory #FaithStories #GodWhoSees


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