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Sarah's Treatment of Hagar
Exegetical Approaches
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"
