Genesis 21:1
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. AS. according as. SAID. Emphasis on "said" for our faith. SPOKEN. Figure of speech _Pleonasm_ (App-6), for emphasis.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. AS. according as. SAID. Emphasis on "said" for our faith. SPOKEN. Figure of speech _Pleonasm_ (App-6), for emphasis.... [ Continue Reading ]
SET TIME. exact time. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ Note change of title here, till Genesis 21:32, because it is Creator and creature. In Genesis 21:33, _Jehovah,_ where it is Covenant relation. In Mary's song both titles united (Luke 1:46; Luke 1:47 and compare verses: Gen 21:37, Gen 21:38).... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAAC. Hebrew. _Let him laugh._ Compare Genesis 17:17; Genesis 18:12; Genesis 18:13; Genesis 18:15; Genesis 21:6; Genesis 21:9; Genesis 26:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
EIGHT. The Dominical No. See App-10. Compare Ishmael, 13th year.... [ Continue Reading ]
HUNDRED. See App-10.... [ Continue Reading ]
SUCK.. proof that "God", the Creator, had renewed her youth, showing why Abimelech should have taken her (Genesis 20:2). Sarah's Magnificat may be compared with Mary's. The scenes of both near to each other. Mary's words (Luke 1:54; Luke 1:55) connect her "mercy" with that shown to "Abraham and his... [ Continue Reading ]
GREW. Compare Luke 2:40.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOCKING. Hebrew "laughing" or "chaffing", or "mocking again" (as we say).... [ Continue Reading ]
CAST OUT, &C. See the Divine interpretation. Galatians 1:3, Gal 1:6-29. Galatians 4:22. WITH MY SON, &C Hebrew idiom "with my son with Isaac". Compare Numbers 12:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
THING. Hebrew. _word._... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAAC... THY SEED. Here _ser'a_ is in the sing sense, because of the word "Isaac", and because of the sing verb "it shall be called. " _Zer'a_ is. collective noun (like Eng. "sheep"), but the context must determine whether it is sing, or plural. It is to this verse Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:16 refe... [ Continue Reading ]
BOTTLE. Compare man's provision (a bottle) with God's (a well) (Genesis 21:19). IT. Hagar put the "bottle of water" on her shoulder, surely not Ishmael, because Ishmael was about seventeen years old at this time. Abraham was Eighty-six years of age when Ishmael was born (Genesis 16:16), Isaac was b... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFT UP HER VOICE. _the boy lifted tip his voice and wept._ So Septuagint (see Genesis 21:17).... [ Continue Reading ]
HEARD. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
WELL. Hebrew. _beer,_. well (digged): not _'ayin,_. spring or fountain; or _bor_,. cistern (hewn).... [ Continue Reading ]
KINDNESS. Fig, _Metonymy_ (of Cause). App-6. See Genesis 20:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
VIOLENTLY, &C. Compare Genesis 26:19; Genesis 26:20; Exodus 2:17; Judges 5:11. This explains Exodus 17:8, "Then came Amalek", because of verses: Genesis 21:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOT NOT. know not. O. Eng. idiom.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOTH. Not one party as in Genesis 15:10. Compare Galatians 3:20. MADE. Hebrew. _cut,_ because of the dividing of the sacrifice. Compare Genesis 15:10; Jeremiah 34:18. Eng. concluded or solemnized.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEER-SHEBA. Hebrew. _well of the oath._... [ Continue Reading ]
GROVE. Hebrew. _'eshel_. trees, riot _'asherah_ (App-42), but the wood for Genesis 22:3 about twenty years later. THE EVERLASTING GOD. This is the Divine definition of Jehovah (Lord), Hebrew. _'olam =_ duration, secret and hidden from man. Compare Psalms 90:2.... [ Continue Reading ]