Genesis 21:13

And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

Also of the son of the bond-woman wlll I make a nation.

`What great events from small beginnings rise!'

What could be apparently more insignificant than this family brawl-the outbreak of female jealousy in the tent of a pastoral chief some four thousand years ago? And yet, through means of the bitter animosity and hatred of Sarah, which rendered a separation of Abraham's families necessary, the providence of God accomplished His important design of rearing two independent nations, which have ever since existed in the world; both of which are fulfilling a special destiny, and the special distinguishing features of both of which form one of the most interesting and instructive chapters in the history of the world.