Modern readers are offended by the story of Hagar, the Egyptian servant girl who ... ages through the influence of Scripture. But the Bible, by means of its singular point of view, tells us ...

It reads: “l’Natan-Melech Eved haMelech,” or “to Natan-Melech, the king’s servant.” Natan-Melech is a name that appears only once in the Bible, in the Second Book of Kings.