Go Forth, Yourself | Carolyn Klassen | Mozaek: Origin

The center of the story. The middle of the chiasm of “The Patriarch of Abraham” is Hagar. The story of God’s chosen people starts with Abram, Isaac and Jacob to create the nation of the Israelites. With Hagar’s story in the middle, the Torah is  saying that God’s whole purpose of this story of the chosen people is to say God comes for those that struggle, are marginalized—those that aren’t considered important. 

The plan to create a chosen people to deliver the Good News is, and always has been, intended to choose us all. 

God, who called the earth into being and called Abram to be the father of Israel, also called the single mom/slave to be an incredibly important part of the plan.

Hagar was thoughtlessly and needlessly was exploited to became pregnant because of Sarai’s lack of faith and impatience had the pain of this tragedy composted to create a nation of God.

A servant of the household who wasn’t even addressed by name by those she served, gave God a name in conversation with God.