Women of the Bible," a multi-episode biblical drama from Fox, spends a good deal of its run time on Sarah and Hagar. But ...

This essay is adapted from “Reading Genesis,” Marilynne Robinson’s literary and spiritual exploration of the Bible’s defining story of birth and regeneration (happily timed for spring — the season of ...

At Sarah’s insistence, Abraham marries Hagar. Soon after, Hagar becomes pregnant and Sarah is enraged. Here, the Torah uses the word va’te’aneha, which is commonly translated, “and she [Sarah] ...