BIRTH OF ISAAC Genesis 21:1 God is faithful. Heaven and earth may pass, but His word cannot fail. We may wait until all human hopes have died, and then, at “God's set time,” the child is born. Abraham laughed at the first announcement of this event, Genesis 17:17. Later, as Sarah listened to the co... [ Continue Reading ]
HAGAR AND ISHMAEL CAST OUT Genesis 21:8 Poor Hagar! She thought that she had given Abraham his heir, but now she found herself and her boy outcasts on the desert waste. The water was soon spent, she little dreamed that a fountain was so near. Cry to God, He will open fountains in the middle of your... [ Continue Reading ]
ABRAHAM AND ABIMELECH COVENANT Genesis 21:22 Abimelech was impressed with Abraham's growing prosperity. He felt that it could not be explained on merely natural grounds. “God is with thee in all that thou doest.” He sought, therefore, to secure the well-being of himself and his kingdom by forming a... [ Continue Reading ]