And the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is."GENESIS 21:17+Dry Your TearsOne should not su...  Read More

God heard the voice of the boy.GENESIS 21:17+God of the HumbleThis is a very great comfort for all those who feel that they have been cast out, that is, acknowledge their sins and tremble before the j...  Read More

[Hagar] said, "Let me not look on the death of my child." And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept.GENESIS 21:16+A Cry for SolaceI encourage myself with this hope alone, that in t...  Read More

[Abraham] sent her away.GENESIS 21:14+A Father's LoveAbraham was no ordinary Christian or confessor, if I may express myself in this way. No, he was a martyr of martyrs. For who is there who does not ...  Read More

So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away.GENESIS 21:14+Loved above All ThingsTh...  Read More

"I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring."GENESIS 21:13+The Prayer of the ChurchThe Lord commanded that Ishmael should be cast out. Lest He appear to have...  Read More

"Through Isaac shall your offspring be named."GENESIS 21:12+The Power of the Word[The apostle Paul] postulates a threefold progeny of Abraham. The first is physical and without the promise concerning ...  Read More

[Sarah] said to Abraham, "Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac."GENESIS 21:10+Inheritance and CovenantWhat [Sarah] says about the...  Read More

Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.GENESIS 21:8+Celebrating the Lord's KindnessThis was not a feast of frivolous men. No, it was a feast of the saintliest fathers, who thanked...  Read More

Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me." And she said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old ...  Read More

Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. GENESIS 21:4+As God CommandedAbraham assigns the name to his son by divine authority, for the angel of the Lord ...  Read More

The LORD visited Sarah as He had said. . .. Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, Isaac.GENESIS 21:1, 3+The Source of JoyMoses is very wordy in this passage. He ...  Read More