1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children:
and
she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 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. 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.
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.
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.
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 (Hagar) fled from her face.
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. 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.
9 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. 10
And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed
exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 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. 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.
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? 14
Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh
and Bered.
15 And Hagar bare Abram a son:and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old (86 years old), when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
Genesis 17 ...
1
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to
Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be
thou perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and
will multiply thee exceedingly.
3 And
Abram fell on his face:and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me,
behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many
nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name
shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I
will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of
thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will establish my
covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their
generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee,
and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed
after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of
Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
9
And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou,
and thy seed after thee in their generations. 10 This is my covenant,
which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every
man child among you shall be circumcised. 11 And ye shall circumcise the
flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt
me and you. 12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among
you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house,
or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. 13 He
that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must
needs be circumcised:and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an
everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of
his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his
people; he hath broken my covenant.
(After
Jesus Christ came in the flesh as a human and suffered for our sins and
died on a cross and was raised again, circumcision became a
circumcision of the heart, not of the flesh. Paul speaks of this
circumcision not made by hands in the book of Galatians.)
15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 And
I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her:yea, I will bless
her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of
her.
17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac:and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
20
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee:Behold, I have blessed him, and
will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve
princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
23
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house,
and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of
Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the
selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
26
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. 27
And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money
of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
Ishmael was the child of the flesh ... planned by the flesh ... executed through the flesh...
Isaac
was the child of the promise ... God made this promise that Sarah
would have a son, Isaac. There was no way Sarah could have a son in her
nineties ... except that God promised this and that made it possible
and caused it to happen, because God promised.