e-Ministries   
   by Jon Justvig   
   March 29, 2013   
          
   Issue #: 21   
      
   Gen 16:1  Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an   
   handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.   
      
   Sarai was unable to have children at this point and we'll see in just a moment   
   how Abram gets a child.   
       
   Gen 16:2  And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me   
   from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain   
   children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.   
      
   Sarai has asked Abram to have an affair with her handmaid so that they will   
   have a child.  You can imagine the kind of problems this will cause for the   
   both of them, Sarai and Abram.   
       
   Gen 16:3  And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram   
   had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram   
   to be his wife.    
   Gen 16:4  And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that   
   she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.   
      
   Abram and Sarai had been together ten years and she is now his wife.  Hagar   
   had a child with Abram and this was very disturbing to Sarai.   
       
   Gen 16:5  And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my   
   maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised   
   in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.  Gen 16:6  But Abram said   
   unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee.   
   And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.    
      
   At this point after they had a child, Sarai's handmaid knew exactly how Sarai   
   felt and Hagar had left them.   
      
   Gen 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.  Gen 16:8  And he said, Hagar,   
   Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I   
   flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.  Gen 16:9  And the angel of the LORD   
   said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.    
   Gen 16:10  And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed   
   exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.    
      
   Abram is about to have a very numerous amount of children that will spread   
   across the land.   
      
   Gen 16:11  And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with   
   child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD   
   hath heard thy affliction.    
      
   Ishmael was the name of their son, this was the beginning of their seed which   
   God had promised Abram from the beginning that Abram would replenish the earth   
   with his offspring.   
      
   Gen 16:12  And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and   
   every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his   
   brethren.    
   Gen 16:13  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?  Gen   
   16:14  Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between   
   Kadesh and Bered.    
   Gen 16:15  And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which   
   Hagar bare, Ishmael.    
   Gen 16:16  And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael   
   to Abram.    
      
   Wow, Abram was eighty six years old when Hagar delivered their first child.    
   The Lord had commanded her to return to Abram as their handmaid.   
      
   We'll stop here and continue in the next few days.   
      
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