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Post by Harry Sat Aug 29, 2015 7:24 am

Genesis 16

1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne

Him no children. And she, forlorn,

Had an Egyptian maid whose name

Was Hagar. 2 So Sarai, for shame,

Said to Abram, "See now, YHWH has

Restrained me from bearing, whereas

This maid, go in and marry her,

Maybe I'll get one by transfer.”

And Abram did as Sarai said.

3 And then Sarai, Abram's wife, led

Out Hagar who had been her maid,

Egyptian maid, and gave her to

Her husband Abram to be wife,

After Abram ten years of life

Had spent in Canaan in virtue.



Beloved, think once more now about the one

You gave that Abraham might have a son.

Did You remember then to ask if she

Was really willing, in her state, to be

A second wife, one taken for excuse

The first one had no more need for abuse?

Ah, Hagar's lot! Was fame enough reward

To heal the wound made in her heart by sword

Of circumstance? I think not, I think not.

Was son enough, the rampant one she got?

Perhaps, perhaps, but still the wound was sore

And tears were shed a-plenty there before

He was a man. Beloved, I wonder whether

You thought about her and her son together.



4 So he went in to Hagar, and

She conceived. When she saw first-hand

That she'd conceived, she looked down on

Her mistress. 5 Then Sarai anon

Said to Abram, "My wrong be on

You! I gave my maid to embrace,

And when she saw she had conceived,

I was despised before her face.

YHWH judge were you or I deceived."



I am not now astonished that the wife,

New taken from her servant's state and life,

Is dazzled with a husband rich and kind.

There's no surprise that each one changed her mind.

I only wonder Sarah ever thought

She would be satisfied when Hagar got

A place in Abram's bed, and arms and heart.

Did she think Hagar'd play a humble part?

How could she be so slow to understand

Her jealousy before 't was out of hand?

It may be stupid to agree to take

A second wife, it may be dumb to make

A married man one's choice, but surely no

Mistake is greater than this Sarah's show.



6 So Abram said to Sarai, "Your

Maid's in your hand, do as you please."

And when Sarai was harsh, for sure

She fled away not to appease.

7 The Angel of YHWH found her by

A desert spring of water nigh

The road to Shur. 8 He said to her,

"Hagar, you Sarai's maid, where were

You coming from and where are you

Now going?" She said "To tell you

The truth I'm fleeing from Sarai

My mistress." 9 The Angel of YHWH

Said to her, "Return by and by

To your mistress, and there must you

Submit yourself under her hand."

10 After YHWH's Angel gave command

He then said to her, "I indeed

Shall greatly multiply your seed,

So none can count them for their number."

11 The Angel of YHWH not to slumber

Said to her, "Indeed, you're with child,

And you shall bear a son whose name

Is Ishmael, since YHWH heard your claim.

12 He shall be like a donkey wild,

Whose hand's against all other men

And all against him too again.

And he shall live in the presence

Of all his brothers with good sense."



I walk, Beloved, the semi-arid strand

Of Cyprus, where the turtles come to land.

The little hills look down and smile to see

The wild ass running there as shy and free

As new from Your creating hand and voice.

Of animals the wild ass is my choice.

None of creation is so fine and wise,

With arching neck, high hoof and flashing eyes,

Its mane a standing brush defying sun

And star and moon. I watch the wild ass run.

Beloved, let no wild ass be caught by rope

Or fence, Beloved, be the wild ass's hope.

Do You not love the wild ass too as I,

So much like You, almost a glimpse and cry?



13 And then she called the name of YHWH

Who spoke to her, You-Are-God-Who-

Sees, for she said "Have I also

Here seen Him who sees me?" 14 And so

The well's Beer Lahai Roi by name,

Between Kadesh and Bered came.



First prophetess since Eve, it seems is she

Who was a servant, second wife, to be

The mother of the prophet's eldest son,

To whom the angel spoke as if to one

Who bore the book of revelation then.

Indeed she did, within her womb were men

And women who should have the greatest honour.

The blessing of the first at last fell on her.

But not alone because she had a child,

A child of promises, and wise and wild,

Was she picked out to see the heavenly vision,

And bear the first child of the circumcision.

She saw Your glory, O Beloved, because

Of what she knew and hoped, and what she was.



15 So Hagar bore Abram a son,

And Abram named his son, the one

To whom Hagar gave birth, Ishmael.

16 Abram was eighty-six the while

Hagar bore Ishmael Abram's son.

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