The Birth of Isaac, Offering Of Isaac

[Walter and Deborah]

Wednesday 10-28-20 Cheshvan 10, 5781 4th. day of the weekly cycle,

37th. Fall Day

 

The Birth Of Isaac: Genesis Twenty One:1-34

 

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The Birth of Isaac

 

1And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. 2For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 4And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. 7And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.

 

8And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

 

Sarah Turns against Hagar

 

9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. 10Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. 11And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son. 12And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. 13And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. 14And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

 

15And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 16And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. 17And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. 19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

 

20And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. 21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

 

The Covenant at Beersheba

 

22And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24And Abraham said, I will swear. 25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. 26And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.

 

27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. 28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? 30And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. 31Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them. 32Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 33And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. 34And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.

 

Genesis Twenty Two:1-24    Offering Of Isaac

 

Love always, Walter and Debbie

Edited October 28, 2020 by Walter and Deborah
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[Tzephanyahu]

Shalom @Walter and Deborah

I wonder if there is an intentional link between these verses...

34 minutes ago, Walter and Deborah said:

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot

34 minutes ago, Walter and Deborah said:

And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

The term "bowshot" is not a regular form of measurement in the Bible.  I don't think the term appears in the rest of the Torah, but I might be wrong.  But even if it does appear, it's a very rare term.

Abimelech's dealings with Abraham are interesting here...

39 minutes ago, Walter and Deborah said:

God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son

Abimelech is aware of the one true Elohim - whether because it's not long after the Flood or because of His renown in dealing with Abraham.  Either way, Abimelech knows that there one true Elohim and doesn't want to be on the bad side of Him, even though he likely had his own gods.

But these Philistines were are peace with Abraham, which must be Proverbs 16:7 in full effect.

Love & Shalom

[Walter and Deborah]

1 hour ago, Tzephanyahu said:

Shalom @Walter and Deborah

I wonder if there is an intentional link between these verses...

The term "bowshot" is not a regular form of measurement in the Bible.  I don't think the term appears in the rest of the Torah, but I might be wrong.  But even if it does appear, it's a very rare term.

Abimelech's dealings with Abraham are interesting here...

Abimelech is aware of the one true Elohim - whether because it's not long after the Flood or because of His renown in dealing with Abraham.  Either way, Abimelech knows that there one true Elohim and doesn't want to be on the bad side of Him, even though he likely had his own gods.

But these Philistines were are peace with Abraham, which must be Proverbs 16:7 in full effect.

Love & Shalom

@Tzephanyahu Amen, while I was reading these verses, I was thinking of your post wondering myself what is the context of these verses.

So I had to take notice of what the commentary view about these verses:

Shalom @Walter and Deborah

I wonder if there is an intentional link between these verses...

  1 hour ago, Walter and Deborah said:

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot

  1 hour ago, Walter and Deborah said:

And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

The term "bowshot" is not a regular form of measurement in the Bible.  I don't think the term appears in the rest of the Torah, but I might be wrong.  But even if it does appear, it's a very rare term.

Abimelech's dealings with Abraham are interesting here...

  1 hour ago, Walter and Deborah said:

God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son

Abimelech is aware of the one true Elohim - whether because it's not long after the Flood or because of His renown in dealing with Abraham.  Either way, Abimelech knows that there one true Elohim and doesn't want to be on the bad side of Him, even though he likely had his own gods.

But these Philistines were are peace with Abraham, which must be Proverbs 16:7 in full effect.

Love & Shalom

Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary

Genesis 21:16

https://www.studylight.org/commentary/genesis/21-16.html

Edited October 28, 2020 by Walter and Deborah
More info.

[Walter and Deborah]

7 hours ago, Tzephanyahu said:

And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary

Genesis 21:20

https://www.studylight.org/commentary/genesis/21-20.html

Love, Walter