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Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children.  But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar;  Genesis 16:1  NIV Hagar – Who was Hagar?  The question seems innocent enough until you consider Abraham’s relationship (or relations) with her.  That leads to the propensity to enhance her status and character in order to squelch what might be…