THE WORD OF ELOHIM
GENESIS
Chapter 21
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Sarah saw the son whom Hagar the Mitzrayim (Egyptian) had borne to Abraham playing.
In paragraph 4 we learn that Yishmael (Ishmael) becomes a bowman. A story has been handed down throughout the ages and could be believed that when Sarah saw Yishmael playing that he had a bow in his hand and was aiming it at Yischaq (Isaac) and mocking him. After witnessing the feast and watching the out pour of love for Yischaq, the jealousy that Yishmael felt could be understood. Up until then, he was the only son of Abraham, although through Hagar, the slave woman.
But Elohim said to Abraham, "Do not be distressed over the boy or your slave; whatever Sarah tells you, do as she says, for it is through Yischaq that offspring shall be continued for you.
Something to Consider:
In life: The realty of a circumstance can be difficult to accept, and if we can alter the truth, then we can feel better about ourselves and accept history much easier. This is one of the reasons why so many people within the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faith have turned away from the Word of God and prefer the teachings of this world. The Word of God can be harsh at times and hurtful if you are not looked upon with favor. But remember this: There are exceptions to every rule and even when an entire nation is cursed, in the Word of God, in one place; in another place there are those within that nation who are also praised by God, because of their righteous behavior.
As for the son of the slave-
This is a prophesy that has been fulfilled.
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He lived in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother got a wife for him from the land of Mitzramah (Egypt).
Consider this:
Common sense will reveal truths that we may otherwise like to deny.
Hagar has been cast out. As a woman, alone, would she have wandered east to Mecca or to her former home in Mitzramah? It states that she found a wife for her son in her homeland and he lived in the wilderness of Paran.
In another story that has been handed down though out the ages: It is believed that Abraham had visited Yishmael in Mecca and together they built the Kaaba.
Please Note: It is approximately 650 miles from the wilderness of Paran to Mecca.
Why would Abraham and Yishmael go so far out of their way, to a land they did not know, to do such a thing?
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"At that time Abimelek and Pikol, chief of his troops, said to Abraham, "Elohim is with you in everything that you do. Therefore swear to me here by Elohim that you will not deal falsely with me or with my kith and kin, but will deal with me and with the land in which you have sojourned as loyally as I have dealt with you."
Surely Abimelek was referring to the deception that Abraham practiced concerning his wife:
Please Note: Genesis 20, Paragraph 2
Early next morning, Abimelek called his servants and told them all that had happened and the men were greatly frightened. Then Abimelek summoned Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? What wrong have I done that you should bring so great a guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done to me things that ought not to be done. What, then," Abimelek demanded of Abraham, "was your purpose in doing this thing?" "I thought," said Abraham, "surely there is no fear of Elohim in this place and they will kill me because of my wife. And besides, she is in truth my sister, my father's daughter though not my mother's and she became my wife. So when Elohim made me wander from my father's house, I said to her, ' Let this be the kindness that you shall do me: Whatever place we come to, say there of me: He is my brother.'"