Handmaiden Handmaid

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Handmaiden Handmaid [1]

These words often refer in scripture to a female slave, as applied to Hagar the Egyptian,  Genesis 25:12; but were also used by women themselves as a term of humility, as when Hannah spake to Jehovah and to Eli,  1 Samuel 1:11,16,18; as Abigail to David,  1 Samuel 25:24-41; and by Mary and Elizabeth as handmaids of the Lord.  Luke 1:38,48 .

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