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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606 – 1669 The Angel Appears to Hagarpen drawing (18 × 25 cm) — ca. 1655 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn biography This work is linked to Genesis 21:17 
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Hagar was a slave-girl owned by Sara, wife of Abraham. Hagar had a son, Ishmael, sired by Abraham. When Sara bore Abraham a son as well, she had Abraham drive Hagar and Ishmael away. When Hagar and her child almost perish of thirst in the desert, Hagar discovers a well by divine intervention. |
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