Genesis 21:1-34
BIRTH OF ISAAC. DISMISSAL OF HAGAR AND ISHMAEL. COVENANT BETWEEN ABRAHAM AND ABIMELECH 8. Weaned] in his second or third year, as is usual among Orientals.... [ Continue Reading ]
BIRTH OF ISAAC. DISMISSAL OF HAGAR AND ISHMAEL. COVENANT BETWEEN ABRAHAM AND ABIMELECH 8. Weaned] in his second or third year, as is usual among Orientals.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ishmael had no doubt been regarded as Abraham's heir until the birth of Isaac. The change in his prospects may account for his conduct, which St. Paul uses to illustrate the persecution of the Christians by the Jews (Galatians 4:29). Proud of their natural descent as children of Abraham, the Jews sc... [ Continue Reading ]
IN ISAAC SHALL THY SEED BE CALLED] i.e. the promises should centre in Isaac.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEER-SHEBA] 30 m. S. of Hebron.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOTTLE] (RM 'skin'): made of the skin of a sheep or goat. All openings are sewn up and made watertight with pitch except the neck, which is tied up when the skin is full. 17, 18. Formerly (Genesis 16:7) God sought out Hagar to reprove her, and bid her go back upon her course: now He appears to her... [ Continue Reading ]
A miraculous supply of water is not suggested here. God enabled Hagar to see an existing spring of water.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILDERNESS OF PARAN] Et-Tih, the country between Canaan and the Peninsula of Sinai. The descendants of Ishmael, Bedouin Arabs, still possess the country. It was the scene of the wanderings of the Israelites: cp. Deuteronomy 1:19; Numbers 10:12. 22-34. Abraham was still living in the neighbourhood of... [ Continue Reading ]
A GROVE] RV 'a tamarisk tree': see on Genesis 12:6.... [ Continue Reading ]