創世記16:1-6

16:1 亞伯蘭的妻子撒萊不給他生兒女。撒萊有一個使女，名叫夏甲，是埃及人。
16:2 撒萊對亞伯蘭說：「耶和華使我不能生育。求你和我的使女同房，或者我可以因她得孩子（得孩子：原文是被建立）」。亞伯蘭聽從了撒萊的話。
16:3 於是亞伯蘭的妻子撒萊將使女埃及人夏甲給了丈夫為妾；那時亞伯蘭在迦南已經住了十年。
16:4 亞伯蘭與夏甲同房，夏甲就懷了孕；她見自己有孕，就小看她的主母。
16:5 撒萊對亞伯蘭說：「我因你受屈。我將我的使女放在你懷中，她見自己有了孕，就小看我。願耶和華在你我中間判斷。」
16:6 亞伯蘭對撒萊說：「使女在你手下，你可以隨意待她。」撒萊苦待她，她就從撒萊面前逃走了。

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; ² so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”

Abram agreed to what Sarai said. ³ So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. ⁴ He slept with Hagar, and she conceived.
When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress. ⁵ Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.”
⁶ “Your slave is in your hands,” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her.

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    在亞伯拉罕的家庭中，夏甲是個沒有地位的婢女，她的命運沒有主動權，受制於撒拉。然而撒拉自己不會生產，就讓夏甲成為妾，好為亞伯拉罕延續子嗣。殊不知夏甲懷孕之後，自以為身分提升了，看不起撒拉，導致撒拉反擊，夏甲受不了就逃走。

    亞伯拉罕雖然是上帝所呼召的人，卻在家庭的治理上，讓然感覺是不及格！竟然沒有好好尋求上帝的心意，太太說什麼就做什麼，導致後來惹出家庭不和睦，他還是讓太太要怎樣就怎樣，沒有男人該有的魄力。

    其實男人在家中要發揮上帝賦予男人的角色，也就是要做一個稱職的治理者，如此家庭才會和睦，才能榮耀上帝的名！