the text notes that Sarah does something in Hagar’s eyes (16:4) usually translated along the lines of, “was lowered in her esteem” (NJPS).” It is stated that “Sarah’s plan works, it tell the reader that the whole thing was Sarah’s plan. Having her husband sleep with her slave or helper for the purposes of conceiving a child. “The translation “concubine” stems from Speiser’s treatment of the phrase connecting it to the Akkadian cognate ashshatum, which he argues may signify either “wife” or “concubine”. If he is right and it could mean wife then Sarah would have planned to make Hagar become Abraham’s wife. Or it could mean concubine, ether way it is huge ability that Sarah is able to do. Sarah is still submissive to Abraham. However we also