{"id":311,"date":"2014-06-01T00:03:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T00:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themessianicprophecies.com\/?page_id=311"},"modified":"2014-06-08T12:10:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-08T12:10:21","slug":"newpage1_4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.themessianicprophecies.com\/?page_id=311","title":{"rendered":"4. context – Genesis 21:1 – 23:2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AND THE LORD VISITED SARAH<\/strong><\/p>\n

AS HE HAD SAID,<\/strong><\/p>\n

AND THE LORD DID UNTO SARAH<\/strong><\/p>\n

AS HE HAD SPOKEN.<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

For Sarah conceived,<\/p>\n

and bare Abraham a son in his old age,<\/p>\n

at the set time of which God had spoken to him.<\/p>\n

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And Abraham called the name of his son<\/p>\n

that was born unto him,<\/p>\n

whom Sarah bare to him,<\/p>\n

Isaac.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac<\/p>\n

being eight days old,<\/p>\n

as God had commanded him.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Abraham was an hundred years old,<\/p>\n

when his son Isaac was born unto him.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Sarah said,<\/p>\n

God hath made me to laugh,<\/p>\n

so that all that hear will laugh with me.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And she said,<\/p>\n

Who would have said unto Abraham,<\/p>\n

that Sarah should have given children suck?<\/p>\n

for I have born him a son in his old age.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And the child grew,<\/p>\n

and was weaned:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

and Abraham made a great feast<\/p>\n

the same day that Isaac was weaned.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian,<\/p>\n

which she had born unto Abraham,<\/p>\n

mocking.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wherefore she said unto Abraham,<\/p>\n

Cast out this bondwoman<\/p>\n

and her son:<\/p>\n

for the son of this bondwoman<\/p>\n

shall not be heir with my son,<\/p>\n

even with Isaac.<\/p>\n

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And the thing was very grievous<\/p>\n

in Abraham’s sight<\/p>\n

because of his son.<\/p>\n

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And God said unto Abraham,<\/p>\n

Let it not be grievous<\/p>\n

in thy sight<\/p>\n

because of the lad,<\/p>\n

and because of thy bondwoman;<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

in all that Sarah hath said unto thee,<\/p>\n

hearken unto her voice;<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And also of the son of the bondwoman<\/p>\n

will I make a nation,<\/p>\n

because he is thy seed.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Abraham rose up early in the morning,<\/p>\n

and took bread, and a bottle of water,<\/p>\n

and gave it unto Hagar,<\/p>\n

putting it on her shoulder,<\/p>\n

and the child,<\/p>\n

and sent her away:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

and she departed,<\/p>\n

and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And the water was spent in the bottle,<\/p>\n

and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And she went,<\/p>\n

and sat her down<\/p>\n

over against him a good way off,<\/p>\n

as it were a bowshot:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

for she said,<\/p>\n

Let me not see the death of the child.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And she sat over against him,<\/p>\n

and lift up her voice,<\/p>\n

and wept.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And God heard the voice of the lad;<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

and the angel of God called to Hagar<\/p>\n

out of heaven,<\/p>\n

and said unto her,<\/p>\n

What aileth thee, Hagar?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

fear not;<\/p>\n

for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Arise,<\/p>\n

lift up the lad,<\/p>\n

and hold him in thine hand;<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

for I will make him a great nation.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And God opened her eyes,<\/p>\n

and she saw a well of water;<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

and she went,<\/p>\n

and filled the bottle with water,<\/p>\n

and gave the lad drink.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And God was with the lad;<\/p>\n

and he grew,<\/p>\n

and dwelt in the wilderness,<\/p>\n

and became an archer.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran:<\/p>\n

and his mother took him a wife<\/p>\n

out of the land of Egypt.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And it came to pass at that time,<\/p>\n

that Abimelech<\/p>\n

and Phichol the chief captain of his host<\/p>\n

spake unto Abraham,<\/p>\n

saying,<\/p>\n

God is with thee in all that thou doest:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Now therefore swear unto me here by God<\/p>\n

that thou wilt not deal falsely with me,<\/p>\n

nor with my son,<\/p>\n

nor with my son’s son:<\/p>\n

but according to the kindness<\/p>\n

that I have done unto thee,<\/p>\n

thou shalt do unto me,<\/p>\n

and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Abraham said,<\/p>\n

I will swear.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Abraham reproved Abimelech<\/p>\n

because of a well of water,<\/p>\n

which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Abimelech said,<\/p>\n

I wot not who hath done this thing:<\/p>\n

neither didst thou tell me,<\/p>\n

neither yet heard I of it,<\/p>\n

but today.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Abraham took sheep and oxen,<\/p>\n

and gave them unto Abimelech;<\/p>\n

and both of them made a covenant.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Abraham set seven ewe lambs<\/p>\n

of the flock<\/p>\n

by themselves.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Abimelech said unto Abraham,<\/p>\n

What mean these seven ewe lambs<\/p>\n

which thou hast set by themselves?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And he said,<\/p>\n

For these seven ewe lambs<\/p>\n

shalt thou take of my hand,<\/p>\n

that they may be a witness unto me,<\/p>\n

that I have digged this well.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wherefore he called that place Beersheba;<\/p>\n

because there they sware both of them.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

then Abimelech rose up,<\/p>\n

and Phichol the chief captain of his host,<\/p>\n

and they returned into the land of the Philistines.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba,<\/p>\n

and called there on the name of the LORD,<\/p>\n

the everlasting God.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Abraham sojourned<\/p>\n

in the Philistines’ land<\/p>\n

many days.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And it came to pass<\/p>\n

after these things,<\/p>\n

that God did tempt Abraham,<\/p>\n

and said unto him,<\/p>\n

Abraham:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

and he said,<\/p>\n

Behold, here I am.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And he said,<\/p>\n

Take now thy son,<\/p>\n

thine only son Isaac,<\/p>\n

whom thou lovest,<\/p>\n

and get thee into the land of Moriah;<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

and offer him there for a burnt offering<\/p>\n

upon one of the mountains<\/p>\n

which I will tell thee of.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Abraham rose up early in the morning,<\/p>\n

and saddled his ass,<\/p>\n

and took two of his young men with him,<\/p>\n

and Isaac his son,<\/p>\n

and clave the wood for the burnt offering,<\/p>\n

and rose up,<\/p>\n

and went unto the place of which God had told him.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes,<\/p>\n

and saw the place afar off.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Abraham said unto his young men,<\/p>\n

Abide ye here with the ass;<\/p>\n

and I and the lad will go yonder<\/p>\n

and worship,<\/p>\n

and come again to you.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering,<\/p>\n

and laid it upon Isaac his son;<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

and he took the fire in his hand,<\/p>\n

and a knife;<\/p>\n

and they went both of them together.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father,<\/p>\n

and said,<\/p>\n

My father:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

and he said,<\/p>\n

Here am I,<\/p>\n

my son.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And he said,<\/p>\n

Behold the fire and the wood:<\/p>\n

but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?<\/p>\n

And Abraham said,<\/p>\n

My son,<\/p>\n

God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

so they went<\/p>\n

both of them together.<\/p>\n

And they came to the place which God had told him of;<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

and Abraham built an altar there,<\/p>\n

and laid the wood in order,<\/p>\n

and bound Isaac his son,<\/p>\n

and laid him on the altar<\/p>\n

upon the wood.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Abraham stretched forth his hand,<\/p>\n

and took the knife to slay his son.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And the angel of the LORD called unto him<\/p>\n

out of heaven,<\/p>\n

and said,<\/p>\n

Abraham,<\/p>\n

Abraham:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

and he said,<\/p>\n

Here am I.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And he said,<\/p>\n

Lay not thine hand upon the lad,<\/p>\n

neither do thou any thing unto him:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

for now I know that thou fearest God,<\/p>\n

seeing thou hast not withheld thy son,<\/p>\n

thine only son<\/p>\n

from me.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Abraham lifted up his eyes,<\/p>\n

and looked,<\/p>\n

and behold behind him a ram<\/p>\n

caught in a thicket<\/p>\n

by his horns:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

and Abraham went<\/p>\n

and took the ram,<\/p>\n

and offered him up<\/p>\n

for a burnt offering<\/p>\n

in the stead of his son.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Abraham called the name<\/p>\n

of that place Jehovahjireh:<\/p>\n

as it is said to this day,<\/p>\n

In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham<\/p>\n

out of heaven the second time,<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And said,<\/p>\n

By myself have I sworn,<\/p>\n

saith the LORD,<\/p>\n

for because thou hast done this thing,<\/p>\n

and hast not withheld thy son,<\/p>\n

thine only son:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

That in blessing I will bless thee,<\/p>\n

and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed<\/p>\n

as the stars of the heaven,<\/p>\n

and as the sand which is upon the sea shore;<\/p>\n

and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And in thy seed<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

because thou hast obeyed my voice.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

So Abraham returned unto his young men,<\/p>\n

and they rose up and went together to Beersheba;<\/p>\n

and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And it came to pass<\/p>\n

after these things,<\/p>\n

that it was told Abraham,<\/p>\n

saying,<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Behold,<\/p>\n

Milcah,<\/p>\n

she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;<\/p>\n

Huz his firstborn,<\/p>\n

and Buz his brother,<\/p>\n

and Kemuel the father of Aram,<\/p>\n

And Chesed,<\/p>\n

and Hazo,<\/p>\n

and Pildash,<\/p>\n

and Jidlaph,<\/p>\n

and Bethuel.<\/p>\n

And Bethuel begat Rebekah:<\/p>\n

these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor,<\/p>\n

Abraham’s brother.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And his concubine,<\/p>\n

whose name was Reumah,<\/p>\n

she bare also Tebah,<\/p>\n

and Gaham,<\/p>\n

and Thahash,<\/p>\n

and Maachah.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Sarah was an hundred and seven<\/p>\n

and twenty years old:<\/p>\n

these were the years of the life of Sarah.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Sarah died in Kirjatharba;<\/p>\n

the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan:<\/p>\n

and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah,<\/p>\n

and to weep for her.<\/p>\n

Genesis 21:1-23:2<\/em><\/h6>\n

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