The Bible Ep306 Hagar I Genesis 16:1-5 1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar. 2 So Sarai said to Abram, "See now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her." And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai. 3 Then Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of

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this is exactly where the word “nightmare” comes from. In old European folklore (Germanic, Norse, and Slavic traditions), a “mare” or “night hag” was believed to be a real spirit that sat on a person’s chest while they slept. People used this to explain terrifying dreams, the feeling of being unable to move, and the sense that something heavy was pressing on them at night — what we now call sleep paralysis. The mare was said to sneak into homes through cracks or keyholes, climb onto sleepers, an