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Genesis 21:1-22 (GN)

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¹ The LORD blessed Sarah, as he had promised, ² and she became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham when he was old. The boy was born at the time God had said he would be born. ³ Abraham named him Isaac, ⁴ and when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded. ⁵ Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac was born. ⁶ Sarah said, "God has brought me joy and laughter. Everyone who hears about it will laugh with me." ⁷ Then she added, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age." ⁸ The child grew, and on the day that he was weaned, Abraham gave a great feast. ⁹ One day Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham, was playing with Sarah's son Isaac. ¹⁰ Sarah saw them and said to Abraham, "Send this slave and her son away. The son of this woman must not get any part of your wealth, which my son Isaac should inherit." ¹¹ This troubled Abraham very much, because Ishmael also was his son. ¹² But God said to Abraham, "Don't be worried about the boy and your slave Hagar. Do whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that you will have the descendants I have promised. ¹³ I will also give many children to the son of the slave woman, so that they will become a nation. He too is your son." ¹⁴ Early the next morning Abraham gave Hagar some food and a leather bag full of water. He put the child on her back and sent her away. She left and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba. ¹⁵ When the water was all gone, she left the child under a bush ¹⁶ and sat down about a hundred yards away. She said to herself, "I can't bear to see my child die." While she was sitting there, she began to cry. ¹⁷ God heard the boy crying, and from heaven the angel of God spoke to Hagar, "What are you troubled about, Hagar? Don't be afraid. God has heard the boy crying. ¹⁸ Get up, go and pick him up, and comfort him. I will make a great nation out of his descendants." ¹⁹ Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well. She went and filled the leather bag with water and gave some to the boy. ²⁰ God was with the boy as he grew up; he lived in the wilderness of Paran and became a skillful hunter. ²¹ His mother got an Egyptian wife for him. ²² At that time Abimelech went with Phicol, the commander of his army, and said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 1) Promises - Sarah - LORD gave her a child as he had promised
(v. 17) Comfort / Rest - God - heard the Hagar son's cry

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 1) Genesis 21 - The Birth of Isaac (2012-08-02)
(v. 2) Genesis 24 - Search for the Bride of Isaac (part I) (2014-05-30)
(v. 22) Genesis 21 - The Birth of Isaac (2012-08-02)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 2) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part I) (2014-06-01)

Definition(s):
Abimelech (Ab-immel-ekh): father of the king
Abraham (Ab-ra-ham): father of a great multitude
Abraham (Ehb-ra-ham): father of a great multitude
Hagar (Heh-gar): a stranger; one that fears
Isaac (Eye-zakk): laughter
Ishmael (Ish-mehl): God that hears
Ishmael (Ish-ma-el): God that hears
Paran (Pah-ran): beauty; glory; ornament
Sarah (Seh-ra): lady; princess; princess of the multitude