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<category>Sarah Sinned
 
<category>Sarah Sinned
 
<mekorot><multilink><a href="RadakBereshit16-6" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakBereshit16-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit 16:4</a><a href="RadakBereshit16-6" data-aht="source">Bereshit 16:6</a><a href="RadakBereshit16-9" data-aht="source">Bereshit 16:9</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RambanBereshit16-6" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanBereshit16-6" data-aht="source">Bereshit 16:6</a><a href="RambanBereshit16-9" data-aht="source">Bereshit 16:9</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe b. Nachman</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TzerorHaMorBereshit16-1-58" data-aht="source">R. Avraham Saba</a><a href="TzerorHaMorBereshit16-1-58" data-aht="source">Tzeror HaMor Bereshit 16:1-5,8</a><a href="R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)</a></multilink></mekorot>
 
<mekorot><multilink><a href="RadakBereshit16-6" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakBereshit16-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit 16:4</a><a href="RadakBereshit16-6" data-aht="source">Bereshit 16:6</a><a href="RadakBereshit16-9" data-aht="source">Bereshit 16:9</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RambanBereshit16-6" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanBereshit16-6" data-aht="source">Bereshit 16:6</a><a href="RambanBereshit16-9" data-aht="source">Bereshit 16:9</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe b. Nachman</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TzerorHaMorBereshit16-1-58" data-aht="source">R. Avraham Saba</a><a href="TzerorHaMorBereshit16-1-58" data-aht="source">Tzeror HaMor Bereshit 16:1-5,8</a><a href="R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)</a></multilink></mekorot>
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<point><b>"וַתְּעַנֶּהָ שָׂרַי וַתִּבְרַח מִפָּנֶיהָ"</b> – These commentators read "וַתְּעַנֶּהָ" as torture.&#160; Radak says that Sarah went overboard laboring Hagar, hitting and cursing her, until she ran away because she couldn't bare the suffering any more.&#160; Ramban and R. Avraham Saba add that they were punished for these actions, that Yishmael will torture Sarah's descendants.</point>
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<point><b>Avraham's role</b> – Radak asserts that Avraham didn't interfere even though he was bothered, not to anger Sarah.&#160;</point>
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<point><b>"וַתֵּקַל גְּבִרְתָּהּ בְּעֵינֶיהָ"</b></point>
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<point><b>Was Hagar freed?</b></point>
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<point><b>Angel's command to return</b></point>
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<point><b>"כִּי שָׁמַע י"י אֶל עׇנְיֵךְ"</b></point>
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<point><b>Relationship to the banishment</b></point>
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<point><b>Purpose of the story</b></point>
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<point><b>"וַתִּתֵּן אֹתָהּ לְאַבְרָם"</b></point>
 
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<category>Sarah was Justified
 
<category>Sarah was Justified

Version as of 09:44, 20 December 2015

Sarah's Treatment of Hagar

Exegetical Approaches

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Sarah Sinned

"וַתְּעַנֶּהָ שָׂרַי וַתִּבְרַח מִפָּנֶיהָ" – These commentators read "וַתְּעַנֶּהָ" as torture.  Radak says that Sarah went overboard laboring Hagar, hitting and cursing her, until she ran away because she couldn't bare the suffering any more.  Ramban and R. Avraham Saba add that they were punished for these actions, that Yishmael will torture Sarah's descendants.
Avraham's role – Radak asserts that Avraham didn't interfere even though he was bothered, not to anger Sarah. 
"וַתֵּקַל גְּבִרְתָּהּ בְּעֵינֶיהָ"
Was Hagar freed?
Angel's command to return
"כִּי שָׁמַע י"י אֶל עׇנְיֵךְ"
Relationship to the banishment
Purpose of the story
"וַתִּתֵּן אֹתָהּ לְאַבְרָם"

Sarah was Justified