{ 1897 ; B C. (?) }
THEME.=
[1] ~ God fulfilled' his promise to Abraham. Isaac is born.
[2] ~ More examples of God's faithfulness.
[3] ~ Bible name's with their meanings.
[4] ~ Abraham becomes a Father
Again .at hundred years old.
[5] ~ Sarah and God approves of the cast out of Hagar and Ishmael.
[6] ~ An Angel shows Hagar a well of water. And reassure her of Gods promise to Abraham of Ishmael to make his descendants a great many nation.but at present Ishmael becomes a Archer and hunter
Living in the wilderness'of paran.
[7] ~ Ishmael mocks at Isaac .and that makes Sarah cast them out.
[8] ~ king Ablimech comes to Abraham asking for a covenant. Because he can see with his own eyes that God is with Abraham in everything he does.
[9] ~ they make their covenant near the well Abraham complaint's to Ablimech about his people trying to take it away from him and pays seven ewes for it .
The well is known today also has the well of the oath.
[ 1]….ISAAC IS BORN.
Verse 1
Then the Lord took note of Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had promised.
-( Gods words are sure and abosutelely trustworthy.
1 K 8-56; Ps 93-5;111-7; Da 9-12; Mt 5-18; Lu 21-33; ROM 4-16;)
-( More examples of God faithfulness.
De 7-9;9-5; 1 K 8-56; Ps 36-5;89-1;105-8; 1 Cor 1-9; Heb 6-18; 1 Pet 4-19;)
Verse 2
So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him. -( conception of children.
Ge 21-2;25-21;30-23; Jud 13-
5; 1Sam 1-20; Mt 1-18; Lu 1-24;)
-( children the Gift of God.
Ge 33-5;48-9; Jo's 24-3; Ps 113-9;127-3; Is a 8-18;)
Verse 3
Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
-( more examples of naming children.
1 - Eve named Seth meaning Granted. Ge 4-25;
2-Lamech named Noah meaning
Relief. Ge 5-29;
3-Abraham named Isaac meaning laughter. Ge 21-3;
4-Rachel named Naphtali meaning wrestling. Ge 30-8;
5-Joseph named Mansseh meaning made to forget. Ge 41-51;
6-Pharaohs daughter named Moses meaning to draw out.
Ex 2-10;
7-NOAMI named Obed ( the grandfather of David.)Ru 4-17;
8-Eli .(daughter in law) named
Ichabod meaning there's no glory. 1 Sam 4-21;
9-Jabez mother named him meaning distress. 1 Chr 4-9;
10-God maned the child Jezreel.Ho 1-4;
11-Elizabeth's argues about John. Lu 1-60;
12-Jesus meaning saviour. Lu 2-21;)
-(Isaac life summary.
(1) Submission. Ge 22-6-9;
(2) Meditation. Ge 24-63;
(3) Affection. Ge 24-67;
(4) Imitated his fathers sin. Ge 26-7;
(5) Peaceableness. Ge 26-25;
(6) A man of faith. Heb 11-20;)
Verse 4
Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
-( general references to circumcision.
Ge 17-10"14; Jo's 5-3; Ac 15-1
16-3; 1 Cor 7-18; Gal 2-3;5-2;6-12;)
Verse 5
Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
-( examples of following Gods words .
Noah. Ge 6-22;12-4;
Abraham. Ge 21-4;22-2"3;
Bezaleel. Ex 36-1; Nu 9-23;
Joshua. Jos 11-15;
Hezekiah. 2 K 18-6; Ezr 7-23;
Ps 27-8;
Joseph and Mary. Lu 2-39; Ac 16-10;
Paul. Ac 26-19;
Christ Heb 5-8;
Verse 6
Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me.”
-( instances of rejoicing.
1 Sam 2-1;11-15; Mt 2-10; Lu
1-47; Ac 8-39;16-34; Rom 5-2;
Devout mothers.
Sarah. Ge 21-6;
Hannah . 1 Sam 1-22;
Elizabeth. Lu 1-41;
Mary . Lu 1-46;
Eunice. 2 Tim 1-5;)
Verse 7
And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
( read Ps 71; Ec 12;)
Verse 8
The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
-( general references to feast.
1 K 8-65;2 K 6-23; 1 Chr 12-39;
Eat 1-5; Dan 5-1; Mk 6-21; Lu
5-29; Jn 2-8;6-13;12-2;)
[ 2 ]… HAGAR AND ISHMAEL
ARE CAST OUT.
Verse 9
Now Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking. Isaac.
( mocking or teasing in innocent fun or otherwise is not clear in the text.read.
PR 17-5;30-17; Isa 57-4;Jude
18;)
Verse 10
Therefore she said to Abraham, “Drive out this bond slave and her son, for the son of this bond slave shall not be an heir with my son Isaac.”
-( men under the power of bond servants.
Ge 21-10; Me 19-20;25-42; 1 K
9-21; Est 7-4; Gal 4-31;)
-( general reference to natural heirs. Ge 15-3;21-10;25-5; Nu
27-8; 36-9; De 21-16; Ec 2-18;
-( Strife in the family.
Ge 21-10; Pr 18-19;19-13;21-
9"19;27-15;)
Verse 11
The matter distressed Abraham greatly because of his son.
( read Ge 21-11;Ac 25-7; Rev 16-2;)
Verse 12
But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed because of the lad and your maid; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for through Isaac your descendants shall be named.
-( Seeds of the righteous.
Ps 25-13;37-25;69-36;102-28;
112-2; Pr 11-21;14-26;20-7;)
Verse 13
And of the son of the maid I will make a nation also, because he is your descendant.”
-( characteristics of Gods promises.
Unfailing. 1 K 8-56;
Assured by divine ability.
Rom 4-21;
Grounded in Jesus. 2 Pet 1-4;
Culminate in everlasting life.
1 Jn 2-25;)
Verse 14
So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.
-( general reference to Bread.
Ge 14-18;18-5;1 Sam 16-20;
1 k 17-6; 2 K 4-42; Ps 104-15;
Mt 6-11;7-9;)
-( canteen or wineskins.
Ge 21-14; Jud 4-19; 1 Sam 1-24;25-18; 2 Sam 16-1; Ps
56-8; Mt 9-17;)
Verse 15
When the water in the skin was used up, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
( read nu 20-5;)
Verse 16
Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “Do not let me see the boy die.” And she sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice and wept.
-( Despondency moments of.
In the lives of good men.
Moses. Nu 11-15;
Joshua. Jo's 7-7;
Elijah. 1 k 19-4;
Job. Jb 10-1; Ps 31-10;
David. Ps 42-6;69-2;73-16;
137-1;
Jeremiah. Jer 15-10; Mi 7-1;
The disciples. Lu 34-17;)
-( examples of mothers love.
Hagar's love for her child. Ge 21-16;
Moses s mother. Ex 2-3;
Samuels mother. 2 Sam 21-9"10;
The mother of Solomon times.
1 k 3-26;
The shunammite mother.2 k 4-20;
The mother's unforgettable love . Isa 49-15;
The Canaanite mother. Mt 15-22;
The mother of Jesus.Jn 19-25;)
=[] 3 []~ AN ANGEL COMFORT'
S HAGAR .
Verse 17
God heard the lad crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter with you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.
-(weeping in grief.
Ishmael. Ge 21-16;
Esac. Ge 27-38;
Hannah. 1 Sam 1-7;
Saul's hometown citizens. Gibeah.1 Sam 11-4;
Michal husband. Palti.Saul daughter that David had won Saul forced her to remarry.
1 Sam 25-44; 2 SAM 3-16;
King David.2 Sam 15-30;
Elisha. 2 K 8-11;
Hezekiah. 2 K 20-3;
The older generations of Israel.Ezr 3-12; Ps 137-1;
The early disciples . Ac 20-37;)
-( Gods compassion .
Ex 3-7; De 30-3; 2 Chr 36-15;
Ps 78-38;86-15; Jer 12-15; Lam 3-32; Ho 11-4; Mt 7-19;)
-( the fear not .and 7 reasons for encouragement.
Blessings in the journey of life.
Ge 26-24; Nu 21-34; Jud 6-23;
Supplies in famine. 1 K 17-13;
Protection in peril.2 K 6-16;
Strength in weakness . Isa 41-10;
Companionship in trial. Isa 43-1"2"3;
Overshadowing care. Mt10-30
28-5; Lu 12-32;
Life beyond the grave.Rev 17-18;)
-( ministering Angels.
Ge 16-7;19-16;22-11;Ex 14-19;23-20; 1 K 19-5; Ps 91-11; Isa 63-9; Da 3-28;6-22;
Mk 1-13; Lu 16-22; Ac 5-19;
12-7;27-23; Heb 1-14;)
Verse 18
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him by the hand, for I will make a great nation of him.”
verse 19
Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the skin with water and gave the lad a drink.
-( natural wells.
Ge 21-20; 25-11;26-18;29-2;
Ex 2-15;15-27; Jos 18-15;
2 Sam 17-18;23-15; 2 K 3-19;
Jn 4-6;)
-( examples of plentiful supplies in need.
For Is real in the wilderness. De 2-7;
For Elijah in the time of Famine.1 K 17-6"16;
For the army of the three kings 2 K 3-20;
For the prophets widow.2 k 4-6;
For Samaria in the time of famine.2 K 7-8;
For the multitude that followed Jesus.Mt 14-20;
For the saints .Ph 4-19;)
-( eyes opened.
Hagar.Ge 21-18;
Balaam's . Nu 22-34;
The army of Syria. 2 k 6-17;
The two disciples. Lu 24-31.)
Verse 20
God was with the lad, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness and became an archer.
-( the Divine presences a comfort to the saint's.
In the pilgrimage of life .Ge 28-15;31-3; Ex 3-12;29-45;
Affords rest.Ex 33-14; Le 26-12;
Gives courage in life battles. De 20-1;
A Comfort in trials . Isa 43-3; Zec 2-10;
Assured to the smallest assembly of believers. Mt 18-20;
Uto the end. Mt 28-20;)
-( Archers.
Ge 21-20;1 Sam 31-3; 1 Chr 8-40; 2 Chr 35-23;)
Verse 21
He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
-( Woman's as wives.
Ge 2-18"24;Ps 128-3; PR 12-4;18-22;19-14;31-11;)
Verse 22
Now it came about at that time that Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do;
-( Gods divine presence in the life of believers a comfort.see Verse 20;)
Verse 23
now therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but according to the kindness that I have shown to you, you shall show to me and to the land in which you have sojourned.”
-( Covenants between men.
Ge 21-27;1 Sam 18-3; 2 Sam
5-3;1 k 5-12;30-34; Jer 34-8;)
Verse 24
Abraham said, “I swear it.”
-( Swearing in covenant.
Ge 26-31;31-53;47-31;50-25;
Jos 9-15; Jer 38-16;)
verse 25
But Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the well of water which the servants of Abimelech had seized.
-( the prevalence of violence.
Ge 6-13; Jb 24-2; Ps 55-9; 75-6; Pr 4-17; Isa 59-6; Jer 6-7; Eze 8-17; Am 3-10; Mi 2-2;6-12;)
-( examples of dishonesty.
Ge 31-25;26-20;31-41; Jos 7-11; Jud 27-2;18-17; 1 K 21-7;)
Verse 26
And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor did I hear of it until today.”
Verse 27
Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.
-( covenant. See Verse 23.)
Verse 28
Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
Verse 29
Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs mean, which you have set by themselves?”
verse 30
He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness to me, that I dug this well.”
-( well see Verse 19)
Verse 31
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.
-( Beersheba.well of the oath.
The wells are circular and the larger one is 12 and a half feet in diameter and about 66 ft deep yet many cattle and sheep camel still drink water daily from hewn stone and cement throughs.)
Verse 32
So they made a covenant at Beersheba; and Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, arose and returned to the land of the Philistines.
-(Philistines.
Ge 21-32;26-18; Jo's 13-3; Jud 3-31;10-7;14-4;15-3;16-
14;1 Sam 4-1;5-2;6-1;7-8;10-5
12-9;13-5;14-1;)
Verse 33
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.
-( Prayerfulness.
Ps 5-3;55-17;119-147;
Zec 8-21; Lu 2-37; Ac 10-2;
16-25; 1 The 3-10; 1 Tim 5-5;)
Verse 34
And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines for many days.
The end.