It doth not appear how old Isaac was, because the time for the weaning of children is very various, according to the differing tempers and necessities of children, or inclination of parents; and in those times, when men's lives were longer than now they are, proportionably the time was longer ere children were weaned.
Verse Genesis 21:8. _THE CHILD GREW AND WAS WEANED_] [-----Anglo-Saxon-----]. _Anglo-Saxon_ VERSION. _Now the child waxed and became weaned_. We have the verb _to wean_ from the Anglo-Saxon [A.S.] _a...
- The Birth of Isaac 7. מלל _mı̂lēl_ “speak,” an ancient and therefore solemn and poetical word. 14. חמת _chêmet_ “bottle,” akin to חמה _chāmâh_, “surround, enclose,” and הוּם _chûm_ “black. באר
CHAPTER 21 ISAAC AND ISHMAEL AND THE COVENANT WITH ABIMELECH _ 1. Isaac's birth (Genesis 22:1) 2. His circumcision (Genesis 22:4)_ 3. Ishmael mocking (Genesis 22:9) 4. Sarah's demand ...
GENESIS 12:1 TO GENESIS 25:18. THE STORY OF ABRAHAM. In this section the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources...
SARAH FORCES ABRAHAM TO SEND HAGAR AND ISHMAEL AWAY. The narrative is from E. Note the use of Elohim, the revelation to Abraham by night, the voice of the angel from heaven, Abraham's residence in the...
GREW. Compare Luke 2:40....
_was weaned_ Weaning was often, in the East, deferred until as late as the child's third or fourth year; see 1 Samuel 1:24. It is still regarded as the occasion for a family rejoicing....
GREW, AND WAS WEANED— It is uncertain how long they suckled children in those days. Parker observes, "That it was the usage of various nations from time immemorial, solemnly to _initiate_ their childr...
4. _The Expulsion of the Bondwoman and Her Son_ (Genesis 21:8-21) 8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. 9 And Sarah saw the son of Haga...
_AND THE CHILD GREW, AND WAS WEANED: AND ABRAHAM MADE A GREAT FEAST THE SAME DAY THAT ISAAC WAS WEANED._ The child grew, ... Children are suckled longer in the East than in Europe-boys usually for tw...
BIRTH OF ISAAC. DISMISSAL OF HAGAR AND ISHMAEL. COVENANT BETWEEN ABRAHAM AND ABIMELECH 8. Weaned] in his second or third year, as is usual among Orientals....
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 21 ISAAC IS BORN V1 The *Lord had promised that he would visit Sarah. He did what he had promised to her. V2 So Sarah became *pregnant. A son was...
THE CHILD GREW, AND WAS WEANED. — According to tradition, Isaac was two years old when weaned. Three years is the age mentioned in 2 Chronicles 31:16 2Ma 7:27; and Samuel was old enough at his weaning...
וַ יִּגְדַּ֥ל הַ יֶּ֖לֶד וַ יִּגָּמַ֑ל וַ
ISHMAEL AND ISAAC Genesis 21:1; Genesis 22:1 Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. Which things are an allegory.- Galatians 4:22. "Abraham stretched forth his hand,...
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...
At last in God's 'Set time," and in spite of all natural difficulties, the long-promised son was born. Sarah who at an earlier point had laughed with the laughter of incredulity, now laughed with the...
ISHMAEL WAS CAST OUT Sarah and Abraham had a great feast when Isaac was weaned. When Ishmael made fun of Isaac, Sarah demanded he and his mother be cast out. Though it was against the laws of that re...
Weaned. St. Jerome says when he was five years old, though some said twelve. The age of men being prolonged, their infancy continued longer. One of the Machabees suckled her child three years, 2 Macha...
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. In all seasons of enjoyment, see that they are sanctified seasons. I would desire to do as the d...
We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
8._And the child grew, and was weaned_. Moses now begins to relate the manner in which Ishmael was rejected from the family of Abraham, in order that Isaac alone might hold the place of the lawful son...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 20 AND 21. In Chapter s 20, 21 we have the question of the heir and of the path of faith in another point of view. Abraham denies his relationship with his wi...
AND THE CHILD GREW, AND WAS WEANED,.... He throve under the nursing of its mother, and through the blessing of God upon him; and being healthy and robust, and capable of digesting stronger food, and l...
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the [same] day that Isaac was weaned. Ver. 8. _And Abraham made a great feast._] A laudable custom, saith Cajetan, that the beginnin...
Gen. 21:8, "And Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned." This typifies the weaning of the church from its milk of carnal ordinances, ceremonies, and shadows, and beggarly elemen...
1 Isaac is borne. 4 He is circumcised. 6 Sarahs ioy. 9 Hagar & Ishmael are cast forth. 15 Hagar in distresse. 17 The Angel comforteth her. 22 Abimelechs couenant with Abraham at Beer-sheba. 1 AN...
And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. So Abraham shared the grateful joy of his wife, making the occasion of his son's weaning a great f...
ISAAC BORN, CIRCUMCISED, AND WEANED...
NINTH SECTION _The birth of Isaac. Ishmael’s expulsion. The Covenant of peace with Abimelech at Beer-sheba_ GENESIS 21:1-34 1And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as...
THE PROMISE FULFILLED IN ISAAC Now the grace of God bears its most important fruit in the history of Abraham. Sarah, at the unlikely age of 90 years, gives birth to Isaac, at the time God Himself had...
1-8 Few under the Old Testament were brought into the world with such expectations as Isaac. He was in this a type of Christ, that Seed which the holy God so long promised, and holy men so long expec...
And the Lord visited Sarah, as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken." Here we have accomplished promise the blessed fruit of patient waiting upon God. None ever waited in vain. Th...
Genesis 21:8 child H3206 grew H1431 (H8799) weaned H1580 (H8735) Abraham H85 made H6213 (H8799) great...
A SON IS BORN TO SARAH AND ANOTHER SON OF ABRAHAM IS CAST OUT (GENESIS 21:1). The account of Yahweh's fulfilment of His promise to Abraham in the giving of a son comes interestingly enough in the cove...
Genesis 21 In the story of Hagar and Ishmael, we notice: I. The outcast. As Abraham is the father of all the faithful, so the Arab Ishmael is the father of all our outcasts. He was an impudent boy, w...
CONTENTS: Birth of Isaac. Bondwoman and her son cast out. Abraham at Beersheba. CHARACTERS: Sarah, Abraham, Isaac, Hagar, Ishmael, Abimelech. CONCLUSION: Behind every promise of God is the purpose a...
Genesis 21:3. _Isaac;_ that is, laughter or holy joy. Luke 6:21. Sarah had once laughed through unbelief; now being ashamed of that, she could sing with Mary, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spi...
_Cast out this bondwoman and her son_ THE ALLEGORY OF ISAAC AND ISHMAEL I. CONTRASTED AS TO THEIR ORIGIN. IN CONTRASTED AS TO THEIR POSITION IN THE HOUSEHOLD. 1. As to the liberty enjoyed. 2. As t...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 21:8 Isaac was probably two or three years old when he was WEANED. ⇐...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 21:1 In fulfillment of God’s promise, Sarah bears Abraham a son, who is named Isaac. While Isaac takes priority over Ishmael, God does not abandon Hagar and her son....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 21:8. And the child grew, and was weaned.] The weaning was often delayed till three years, or more, after birth (2Ma. 7:27). Samuel was not weaned till he was old enough to be...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 21:1 AND THE LORD_—Jehovah_;_ _not because the verse is Jehovistic (Knobel, Bleek, _et alii_)_, _but because the promise naturally falls to be implemented by him who gave it (_vide...
Now the LORD visited Sarah as he had said (Genesis 21:1), I like this. and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken (Genesis 21:1). I like that, "as He had said, and as He had spoken." I've got that...
A.M. 2111. B.C. 1893. and was. 1 Samuel 1:22 Psalms 131:2 Hosea 1:8 feast. Genesis 19:3...
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC Genesis 21:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Genesis 20:1 is a chapter that is vital in many ways. 1. IT SHOWS US THAT EVEN GOD'S BEST MAY ERR THROUGH UNBELIEF. Abraham, in fear, passed off h...