Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.

Handmaid

Servant (Gen. 16:1; Ruth 3:9; Lk. 1:48). It is probable that Hagar was Sarah's personal attendant while she was in the house of Pharaoh, and was among those maid-servants whom Abram had brought from Egypt.



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