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| 1 And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken; |
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| 2 and Sarah conceiveth, and beareth a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God hath spoken of with him; |
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| 3 and Abraham calleth the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah hath born to him Isaac; |
And Abraham – Type of Jehovah. F170
Whom Sarah – Type of the Abrahamic covenant. F170
Isaac – Type of Christ. F170
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| 4 and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, [being] a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him. |
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| 5 And Abraham [is] a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him, |
Was 100 years old – 25 years after the covenant was made. B231
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| 6 and Sarah saith, 'God hath made laughter for me; every one who is hearing laugheth for me.' |
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| 7 She saith also, 'Who hath said to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled sons, that I have born a son for his old age ' |
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| 8 And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned; |
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| 9 and Sarah seeth the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she hath borne to Abraham, mocking, |
Mocking – This was the beginning of the 400 years of affliction of Abraham's seed, which ended with the exodus, Isaac at the time being 5 years old, 30 years after the covenant. R2482:3*
Typifying the manner in which fleshly Israel mocked at spiritual Israel. R2777:6, R3952:6
Typifying the manner in which the tare class mocks at the wheat class. R2778:5
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| 10 and she saith to Abraham, 'Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid hath no possession with my son with Isaac.' |
Wherefore – In order to show that the Law covenant was not to have any rule over the spiritual sons of God. R1728:5
Cast out – The Law covenant was cast aside when Jesus became heir of the original promise. R4319:3
And her son – Ishmael, type of the nation of Israel. R4319:2
Tyrannical, domineering, incorrigible; at this time 13 years of age. R3952:6
Shall not be heir – The mother's nature, rights, privileges and liberties attach to the child. E105
The nation of Israel could not inherit the promised blessings because the Law brought nothing to perfection. R4319:2
With my son – Isaac, who represented The Christ, Head and Body. R4319:2, R4320:1
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| 11 And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son's sake; |
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| 12 and God saith unto Abraham, 'Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee. |
In Isaac – Illustrating the principle of election during the Patriarchal age. F170
Divine wisdom indicated beforehand that the blessing would go through Isaac. PD28/41
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| 13 As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] thy seed.' |
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| 14 And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and taketh bread, and a bottle of water, and giveth unto Hagar (placing [it] on her shoulder), also the lad, and sendeth her out; and she goeth on, and goeth astray in the wilderness of Beer-Sheba; |
Gave it unto Hagar – Type of the Law covenant. F170
And the child – Ishmael, type of natural Israel. F170
Sent her away – Typifying the divine disfavor upon the Jews. SM202:3
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| 15 and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she placeth the lad under one of the shrubs. |
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| 16 And she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against, afar off, about a bow-shot, for she said, 'Let me not look on the death of the lad;' and she sitteth over-against, and lifteth up her voice, and weepeth. |
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| 17 And God heareth the voice of the youth; and the messenger of God calleth unto Hagar from the heavens, and saith to her, 'What to thee, Hagar fear not; for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the youth where he [is]; |
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| 18 rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.' |
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| 19 And God openeth her eyes, and she seeth a well of water, and she goeth and filleth the bottle [with] water, and causeth the youth to drink; |
Gave the lad drink – As Ishmael was rescued from death by the water, so the nation of Israel is about to be refreshed. SM203:2; R5503:3; PD23/34
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| 20 and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer; |
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| 21 and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt. |
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| 22 And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh Phichol also, head of his host unto Abraham, saying, 'God [is] with thee in all that thou art doing; |
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| 23 and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.' |
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| 24 And Abraham saith, 'I I do swear.' |
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| 25 And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away, |
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| 26 and Abimelech saith, 'I have not known who hath done this thing, and even thou didst not declare to me, and I also, I have not heard save to-day.' |
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| 27 And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant; |
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| 28 and Abraham setteth seven Lambs of the flock by themselves. |
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| 29 And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, 'What [are] they these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves ' |
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| 30 And he saith, 'For the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;' |
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| 31 therefore hath he called that place 'Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn. |
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| 32 And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth Phichol also, head of his host and they turn back unto the land of the Philistines; |
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| 33 and [Abraham] planteth a tamarask in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during; |
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| 34 and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days. |
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