Hagar

Hagar is introduced as Sarah's Egyptian servant — a woman with no agency in this moment, given to Abraham as a wife not by her own choice but as a tool in someone else's plan to claim a child.

Hagar is referenced briefly here as the mother of Ishmael, establishing that Abraham's firstborn came through a servant woman rather than Sarah — the context that makes Abraham's attachment to Ishmael so understandable.

Hagar is identified here as the Egyptian slave whose son now stands in the way of Sarah's vision for Isaac's inheritance — she is about to be sent away with almost nothing.

Hagar is referenced here as context for Ishmael's backstory — the Egyptian slave who bore Abraham's firstborn and was later exiled, explaining why Ishmael's presence at the funeral was a significant reunion.

Hagar represents the Sinai covenant in Paul's allegory — her status as a slave and her son's birth through human effort make her the symbol of religious bondage and the law-based system Paul is arguing against.