ANSWERING THE BIBLE:

Gheorge Tattarescu's 
imagining  of the angel appearing to Hagar

Q. Did the God take rest after completing the creation work? If yes, then on which day?

Ans: Yes, the Seventh Day, God took Rest.

To understand this let us consider the following verses, from various versions of the Bible: 

21st Century King James Version:

1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 

2And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.  

3And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He had rested from all His work which God created and made. (Genesis 2:1-3)

English Standard Version:

1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. (Genesis 2:1-3).

New Century Version:

1 So the sky, the earth, and all that filled them were finished.2 By the seventh day God finished the work he had been doing, so he rested from all his work.3 God blessed the seventh day and made it a holy day, because on that day he rested from all the work he had done in creating the world. (Genesis 2:1-3)

Holman Christian Standard Bible:

1 So the heavens and the earth and everything in them were completed. 2 By the seventh day, God completed His work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done. 3 God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it He rested from His work of creation. (Genesis 2:1-3)

So the Omnipotent/Almighty God of the Bible needs rest…? And he wants to victimize the people of earth on that day, because he wants to take rest??!!
Even God gets tired sometimes.....Huh!! Strange are the ways of the God of the Bible!!

Q. Did Abram sleep with an Egyptian slave named Hagar (and made her pregnant), whom his (Abram's) wife Sarai  owned? Did Abram's wife gave it to him to be his second wife?

Ans: Yes.

To understand, let us consider the following verses from the Bible.

21st Century King James Version:

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

2And Sarai said unto Abram, "Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing. I pray thee, go in unto my maid. It may be that I may obtain children by her." And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

3And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.  

4And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.(Genesis 16:1-4).

English Standard Version:

1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar. 2And Sarai said to Abram, "Behold now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children[a] by her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife. 4And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress. (Genesis 16:1-4).

New Living Translation:

1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not been able to bear children for him. But she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar. 2 So Sarai said to Abram, “The Lord has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her.” And Abram agreed with Sarai’s proposal. 3 So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian servant and gave her to Abram as a wife. (This happened ten years after Abram had settled in the land of Canaan.)

4 So Abram had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. But when Hagar knew she was pregnant, she began to treat her mistress, Sarai, with contempt. (Genesis 16:1-4).

Holman Christian Standard Bible:

1 Abram's wife Sarai had not borne him children. She owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar. 2 Sarai said to Abram, "Since the LORD has prevented me from bearing children, go to my slave; perhaps I can have children by her." And Abram agreed to what Sarai said. 3 So Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian slave, and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife for him. [This happened] after Abram had lived in the land of Canaan 10 years. 4 He slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she looked down on her mistress. (Genesis 16:1-4).

Is  polygamy okay? Sarai is the first of a long list of barren women, who were desperate for children. In the Bible, strangely, it is the women who are barren, never the men......Huh!! 
Moreover, according to many scholars, Hager was never Abram's wife. She was a maid...a servant who bore child for Abram because Sarai was barren. So what relation should we consider here between Abram and Sarai...??!!