yep sara - it's the same God. Which makes all the insanity and hostility about religion today even more inexplicable

BW - the servant's name was Hagar unfortunately it always reminds me of a cartoon about a Viking called Hagar the Horrible.
I always find her story really poingant because she was cast out and lost in the desrt with a tiny baby and no water.
One of the things that is obligitary for a Muslim who can do it is to go on Haj (which is visiting Meccca during the month of Haj) and as part of the Haj ritual you have to run (or walk fast) back and forth between 2 hills. This part of the ritual is a re-enactment of what Hagar did when when she found herself stranded in the desert with a baby and no water - eventually the babies' feet kicking in the sand dug down enough to expose some moisture beneath so she realised there was a spring there.
I always think that making people take a run in the desrt in the middle of the day is a great way to make them appreciate fresh water for the rest of thier lives.