genesis16

The Bible but Make it Gen Z: Genesis Chapter 16 👀💔
So the timeline's looking rough rn - Sarai (Abram's wife) still ain't had any kids. But she had this Egyptian bestie working for her named Hagar.
Sarai's going through it and hits Abram with this wild suggestion:"Listen, God's not letting me have kids rn... maybe try having one with my maid? Could work as a backup plan fr fr?" And Abram's like "aight bet" 💀
Context check: they'd been living in Canaan for 10 whole years at this point. So Sarai's like "here's my maid Hagar, she's yours now too."
Plot twist incoming: Hagar gets pregnant and starts giving Sarai these looks like "I did what you couldn't do" - major drama fr fr. Not the flex she thought it was tbh.
Sarai's NOT having it. Goes to Abram like "This is literally your fault. I gave you my maid and now she's looking at me sideways?? God better sort this out fr fr"
Abram basically said "she's your maid, do whatever" (mans really said ✌️). Sarai started being mad toxic to Hagar, so Hagar said "nah I'm out" and dipped to the wilderness.
But check it - an angel found Hagar near this fountain and was like:"Yo Hagar, what's good? Where you headed?"She's like "I'm running from my toxic work environment fr fr"
The angel hit her with some real talk: "You gotta go back and fix this... BUT here's the W - you're gonna have so many descendants, they'll be uncountable fr fr."
Then dropped this prophecy: "You're pregnant with a son - name him Ishmael (means 'God hears' btw) because God's seen your struggles. He's gonna be wilding tho - everyone's gonna have beef with him, and he's gonna have beef with everyone, but he'll still be living his best life near all his relatives."
Hagar was shook that God actually pulled up to chat with her. She called Him "The God who sees me" because she really felt seen fr fr. That's why they named that well Beer-lahai-roi (translation: "well of the Living One who sees me" - kind of a mouthful ngl).
So Hagar went back and had the baby - Abram named him Ishmael just like the angel said. Fun fact: Abram was 86 when all this went down (old man fr fr).
And that's the tea on how the first baby drama in the Bible played out no cap ☕️✨