Genesis 21:1-21.
Genesis 21:1-21 (GNT)
Introduction
Genesis 21:1-21: As God promised, Sarah has a son. Sarah becomes worried
that Hagar's son Ishmael will receive some of Abraham's inheritance, and
orders that Hagar and Ishmael be sent away. Abraham is concerned, but
follows God's instructions to send them into the desert. God meets them in
the desert, blessing and sustaining them.
Today's Reading
1The Lord blessed Sarah, as he had promised, 2and 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. 3Abraham named him Isaac, 4and when Isaac was eight
days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded. 5Abraham was a
hundred years old when Isaac was born. 6Sarah said, God has brought me joy
and laughter. Everyone who hears about it will laugh with me. 7Then she
added, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet
I have borne him a son in his old age. 8The child grew, and on the day that
he was weaned, Abraham gave a great feast. 9One day Ishmael, whom Hagar the
Egyptian had borne to Abraham, was playing with Sarah's son Isaac. 10Sarah
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. 11This troubled Abraham very much, because Ishmael also was his
son. 12But 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. 13I will also give many
children to the son of the slave woman, so that they will become a nation.
He too is your son. 14Early 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. 15When
the water was all gone, she left the child under a bush 16and 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. 17God 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.
18Get up, go and pick him up, and comfort him. I will make a great nation
out of his descendants. 19Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well.
She went and filled the leather bag with water and gave some to the boy.
20God was with the boy as he grew up; he lived in the wilderness of Paran
and became a skillful hunter. 21His mother got an Egyptian wife for him.
God bless you.
Introduction
Genesis 21:1-21: As God promised, Sarah has a son. Sarah becomes worried
that Hagar's son Ishmael will receive some of Abraham's inheritance, and
orders that Hagar and Ishmael be sent away. Abraham is concerned, but
follows God's instructions to send them into the desert. God meets them in
the desert, blessing and sustaining them.
Today's Reading
1The Lord blessed Sarah, as he had promised, 2and 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. 3Abraham named him Isaac, 4and when Isaac was eight
days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded. 5Abraham was a
hundred years old when Isaac was born. 6Sarah said, God has brought me joy
and laughter. Everyone who hears about it will laugh with me. 7Then she
added, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet
I have borne him a son in his old age. 8The child grew, and on the day that
he was weaned, Abraham gave a great feast. 9One day Ishmael, whom Hagar the
Egyptian had borne to Abraham, was playing with Sarah's son Isaac. 10Sarah
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. 11This troubled Abraham very much, because Ishmael also was his
son. 12But 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. 13I will also give many
children to the son of the slave woman, so that they will become a nation.
He too is your son. 14Early 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. 15When
the water was all gone, she left the child under a bush 16and 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. 17God 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.
18Get up, go and pick him up, and comfort him. I will make a great nation
out of his descendants. 19Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well.
She went and filled the leather bag with water and gave some to the boy.
20God was with the boy as he grew up; he lived in the wilderness of Paran
and became a skillful hunter. 21His mother got an Egyptian wife for him.
God bless you.
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