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Genesis 21
In this chapter we have,
I. Isaac, the child of promise, born into Abraham's family, ver. 1-
8.
II. Ishmael, the son of the bond-woman, cast out of it, ver. 9-21.
III. Abraham's league with Abimelech, ver. 22-32.
IV. His devotion to God, ver. 33, 34.
Verse 2. Sarah conceived - Sarah by faith, received strength to conceive,
Heb. xi, 11. God therefore, by promise, gave that strength.
Abraham was old, and Sarah old, and both as good as dead, and
then the word of God took place.
Verse
4. He circumcised his son - The covenant being established with
him, the seal of the covenant was administered to him.
Verse
6. And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh - He hath given me
both cause to rejoice, and a heart to rejoice. And it adds to the
comfort of any mercy to have our friends rejoice with us in it, See
Luke i, 58. They that hear will laugh with me - Others will rejoice
in this instance of God's power and goodness, and be encouraged
to trust in him.
Verse
9. Sarah saw the son of the Egyptian mocking - Mocking Isaac no
doubt, for it is sad, with reference to this, Gal. iv, 29, that he that
was born after the flesh, persecuted him that was born after the
spirit. Ishmael is here called the son of the Egyptian, because (as
some think) the four hundred years affliction of the seed of
Abraham by the Egyptians began now, and was to be dated from
hence.
Verse
10. Cast out the bond-woman - This was a type of the rejection of
the unbelieving Jews, who, though they were the seed of
Abraham, yet, because they submitted not to the gospel-covenant,
were unchurched and disfranchised. And that, which above any
thing provoked God to cast them off, was, their mocking and
persecuting the gospel-church, God's Isaac, in his infancy.
Verse
11. The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight - it grieved
him that Ishmael had given such provocation. And still more that
Sarah insisted upon such a punishment.
Verse
13. The casting out of Ishmael was not his ruin. He shall be a
nation because he is thy seed - We are not sure that it was his
eternal ruin. It is presumption to say, that all these who are left out
of the external dispensation of God's covenant are excluded from
all his mercies. Those may be saved who are not thus honoured.
Verse
14. And Abraham rose up early in the morning - We may suppose
immediately after he had in the night-visions received orders to do
this.
Verse
17. God heard the voice of the lad - We read not of a word be
said; but his sighs and groans, cried loud in the ears of the God of
mercy. An angel was sent to comfort Hagar, who assures her, God
has heard the voice of the lad where he is - Though he be in the
wilderness; for wherever we are, there is a way open
heavenwards; therefore lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand -
God's readiness to help us when we are in trouble must not
slacken, but quicken our endeavours to help ourselves. He repeats
the promise concerning her son, that he should be a great nation,
as a reason why she should bestir herself to help him.
Verse
31. Beer-sheba - That is, the well of the oath, in remembrance of
the covenant that they swear to, that they might be ever mindful of
it.
Verse
33. And Abraham planted a grove - For a shade to his tent, or
perhaps an orchard of fruit trees; and there, though we cannot say
he settled, for God would have him while he lived to be a stranger
and a pilgrim, yet he sojourned many days. And called there on
the name of the Lord - Probably in the grove he planted, which
was his oratory, or house of prayer: he kept up publick worship, to
which probably his neighbours resorted, and joined with him.
Men should not only retain their goodness wherever they go, but
do all they can to propagate it, and make others good. The
everlasting God - Though God had made himself known to
Abraham as his God in particular; yet he forgets not to give glory
to him as the Lord of all, the everlasting God, who was before all
worlds, and will be when time and days shall be no more.
Chapter 21:
| Calvin
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
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| Wesley
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Revelation Exodus
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