The Bible In Paintings: ABRAHAM EXPELS HAGAR AND ISHMAEL

[Hebrews 11:6]

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G E N E S I S
CHAPTER 21:1-15

Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and THE LORD DID FOR SARAH WHAT HE HAD PROMISED. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. Abraham gave the name Isaac to him.

Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.” And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast. But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking, and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.”

The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son. But God said to him, “Do not be so distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned. I will make the son of the maidservant into a nation also, because he is your offspring.”

Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the desert.

New International Version ©1984, Abrdgd, EMPHASES Added

1
JAN MOSTAERT
"Abraham and Hagar"

2
GUERCINO
"Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael"

3
VERHAGHEN
"Hagar and Ishmael Banished by Abraham"

4
CLAUDE LORRAIN
"The Expulsion of Hagar"

5
GUSTAVE DORÉ
"The Expulsion of Ishmael and His Mother"

6
WILLEM VAN MIERIS
"Expulsion of Hagar"

7
GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO
"The Violation of Hagar"

8
BARENT FABRITIUS
"Hagar and Ishmael Taking Leave of Abraham"

9
GIOVANNI DOMENICO CERRINI
"Abraham Dismissing Hagar and Ishmael"

10
JAN STEEN
"Dismissal of Hagar"

11
JAN VICTORS
"Dismissal of Hagar"

12
JOSEF DANHAUSER
"Abraham Verstößt Hagar und Ismael"

CHAPTER 21:15-21

When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes. Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she thought, “I cannot watch the boy die.” And as she sat there nearby, she began to sob.

God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? DO NOT BE AFRAID; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

THEN GOD OPENED HER EYES and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink. God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer. While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.

New International Version ©1984, Abrdgd, EMPHASES Added

13
GUSTAVE DORÉ
"Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness"

14
LUIGI ALOIS GILLARDUZZI
"Hagar und Ismael in der Wüste"

15
F. BAROCCIO
"Hagar and Ishmael"

16
FEDERIKO BENKOVIĆ
"Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert"

17
KAREL DUJARDIN
"Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness"

18
GIUSEPPE BOTTANI
"Agar et l'ange"

19
GHEORGHE TATTARESCU
"Hagar in the Desert"

20
GIUSEPPE DIAMANTINI
"The Angel Shows Hagar and Ishmael the Way to the Saving Well"

21
GRIGORY UGRYUMOV
"Exiled Hagar with Her Young Son Ishmael in the Wilderness"

22
BENJAMIN WEST
"Hagar and Ishmael"

23
SEBASTIANO RICCI
"Hagar and Ishmael Saved by the Angel"

24
PIETRO DA CORTONA
"Hagar and the Angel"

25
ROBERT LEINWEBER
"Hagar und Ismael in der Wüste"

26
KAREL PHILIPS SPIERINCKS
"Hagar and the Angel"

27
SIMONE CANTARINI
"Archangel Michael with Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert"

28
FRANCESCO SOLIMENA
"Agar e Ismaele nel Deserto Confortati dall'Angelo"

29
ANTONIO PAROLI
"The Angel Appears to Hagar and Ishmael"

30
PIETER LASTMAN
"Hagar and the Angel"

31
NICOLAS COLOMBEL
"The Angel of the Lord Appearing to Hagar in the Wilderness"

32
FRANCESCO COZZA
"Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness"

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33
ROBERT DUNKARTON
"Hagar Saved by an Angel"

[Hebrews 11:6]

R E S O U R C E S
Read GENESIS 21 in full
Hear MAX McLEAN reading it
Hear a DRAMATIZATION of it
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[Hebrews 11:6]

C A L L I N G
GOD CALLS ABRAM
ABRAM, LOT, MELCHIZIDEK—and JESUS!
"SO SHALL YOUR OFFSPRING BE"
ABRAM, SARAI & HAGAR
ABRAHAM'S THREE VISITORS
SODOM, GOMORRAH and LOT

I N H E R I T I N G
ABRAHAM EXPELS HAGAR AND ISHMAEL
GOD TESTS ABRAHAM
ABRAHAM FINDS ISAAC A WIFE!

J A C O B
ESAU'S BIRTHRIGHT, JACOB'S BLESSING
JACOB'S STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
JACOB FLEES FROM LABAN
JACOB WRESTLES WITH GOD
JACOB RECONCILES WITH ESAU

[Red Badger]

.... and when he grew up he signed on with Captain Ahab to hunt the Great White Whale...............oh, wait..............

[T. P. Pole]

Thanks for continuing this.

It still is interesting to me how similar so many of these are. Like they were all copying from the same person.

And it cracks me up how they manage to throw in so many bare breasts.

[Hebrews 11:6]

You’ll need to check with ol’ Herman about that....

[Hebrews 11:6]

Yep, and yep.

[etabeta]

Although there are many great paintings, my favorite is #1 by Jan Mostaert. He was famous for his religious compositions and portraits. In this painting, he includes various vignettes related to this story: Sarah looking out of the door to see Abraham expel Hagar; into her journey an angel appears to Hagar to provide water and comfort. Also in the distance, on the hilltop, the scene of the sacrifice of Isaac.

[Hebrews 11:6]

So, Alba, I finally put the right one first?!

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Good Morning, Dan! :-)

[etabeta]

Indeed! And thank you!

[Hebrews 11:6]

Hello, Mary-Lou! Just so you know: in my entire life, I have seen it snow exactly twice.

And that was plenty for me.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Something about even a blind squirrel occasionally finding an acorn....

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Consider Yourself BLESSED! :-)

[Hebrews 11:6]

One of the fun things abut LA is the nearby 7,000' mountain resorts, just ninety minutes away: Big Bear and Idyllwild. We've rented cabins amidst the snow quite often, but it never actually snows while we're there.

And then in the summer when it's hot, we go back to cool off at Big Bear Lake.

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But the politics are awful.

The same can be said about MA, but we have snow too. Yuck.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good morning, Dan! Thanks very much for today's sampling of biblical Art!

"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

"God save all here!"

[Hebrews 11:6]

You sound like an expatriot Floridian.

[Hebrews 11:6]

'Tis indeed but a sampling, Tom. Perhaps once a month I ought to post a thread containing all the 750-or-so images from the previous month, thereby imperiling FR's bandwidth.

Maybe not.

[Maudeen]

Your threads are absolutely awesome. Your faithfulness does not go unnoticed. To God be the Glory . . . Great things He has done!

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That’s because I am an “experienced Floridian.”