GUIDE TO THE SCRIPTURES
Hagar
See also Abraham; Ishmael, Son of Abraham

In the Old Testament, the Egyptian handmaid of Sarah. She became a wife of Abraham and the mother of Ishmael (Gen. 16: 1-16; 25: 12; D&C 132: 34, 65). The Lord promised Hagar that a great nation would descend from her son (Gen. 21: 9-21).