“God heard the boy’s voice, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What’s wrong with you, Hagar?” -Genesis 21:17 So per God’s command, Abraham sent Hagar and Ishmael away. They were abandoned and on the verge of dying from thirst when a voice from the heavens called out to […]

Abraham held a great feast in celebration of Isaac’s birth.  However, all wasn’t well in the neighborhood.  Undoubtedly, the birth of Isaac resulted in an instant diminishing of Ishmael’s status and his mother Hagar.  We are told that Ishmael was taunting the toddler Isaac.  Sarah responded instantly.  She went to her husband and insisted that […]

Today we begin Genesis Chapter 21! For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. If you’re a King James die hard, click here. Verse one of this chapter informs us in a somewhat nonchalant fashion that God came through on His promise and Sarah gave birth to a child.  Abraham and Sarah were overjoyed.  In her […]

Although Abraham is the father of our faith, we see in Chapter 20 through his dealings with Abimelech that he was beset by the same worries and fears we all have.  First, his faith in God was limited because obviously from his words of “surely, I thought there is no fear of God in this place”, he […]

It seems like Abraham can never stay put in one place. Although the Bible doesn’t specifically mention why Abraham was constantly on the move, the answer would have been apparent to anybody in that era. As a shepherd with a huge amount of flock to tend to, it would have been necessary to constantly be […]