Abram's Name Means Stranger or Foreigner

In the ancient Near East to be childless would be to you know basically have a mark of reproach. A wife could be able to find a servant, a mistress, and bring her in for the purpose of conceiving a child. Sarah brings in this woman by the name of Hagar really a teenager. And Hagar eventually conceives of a child but no sooner is there relief in the scene that the drama begins to build.