Tag: Hagar
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What Aileth Thee – Genesis 21:16-17
Genesis 21:16, 17And 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. And God heard the voice of the lad; and…
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A Shrub in the Wilderness – Genesis 21:15
Genesis 21:15And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. This is where the story gets painfully real. Up to this point, there was still bread in the bag and water in the bottle. There was still something to manage, something to measure, something to stretch…
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She Went Back – Genesis 16:15-16
Genesis 16:15, 16 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. What stands out to me here is that Hagar went back. When the angel of the Lord met her in the wilderness…
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The God Who Sees – Genesis 16:13-14
Genesis 16:13, 14 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. What a beautiful moment this is. Hagar calls the Lord…
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He Found Her – Genesis 16:7
Genesis 16:7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. This is the first time the phrase the angel of the Lord appears in Scripture. The word angel simply means messenger. But this is no ordinary angel. Angels in…