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God helping Hagar and Ishmael

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[Genesis 21:17-18]

God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her,

"What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.

Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation."

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Ancestor of Faith The birth of a son between Abraham and Sarah was the year Abraham was 100 years old. God gave them a son as He promised, and this is the name of Isaac.

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Isaac grew up well and weaned.

Abraham and Sarah celebrated a great celebration for Isaac's weaning day.

The people who came together had a good time celebrating Isaac's weaning.

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Abraham had a son before Isaac. This son's name is Ishmael.

Ishmael was the son of Abraham and Hagar, the maidservant of Sarah.

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Sarah could not wait for a promise that God would give her son,

but she sent her maid to her husband, so that Ishmael was born between Abraham and Hagar. Ishmael was born at the age of Abraham at the age of 86, 14 years older than Isaac.

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Sarah's face, which was enjoying the feast, began to become rigid.

It is because Ishmael, the son of the maidservant, saw the scene of teasing young Isaac.

Sarah was very angry.

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Sarah went to her husband Abraham and said, "Cast out that maidservant and his son.

The son of this maidservant cannot inherit his possessions like Isaac.

"Abraham, who heard these words, fell into great pain.

Because Ishmael was his son through Sarah's maid.

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But God appeared to Abraham and gave the conclusion of this matter.

“Do not worry about that child and his mother.

Whatever Sarah says, listen according to her words.

The offspring I promised you will come through Isaac.”

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God made another promise to Abraham. “Ishmael, born of Sarah's maid, is also your son,

so I will make his descendants a great nation.” Abraham obeyed God's word.

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Early the next morning, they prepared a leather bag filled with food and water,

and gave it to Hagar.

Hagar and Ishmael were driven out of the house and went out into the wilderness.

They wandered around the wilderness of Beersheba.

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Not long ago, the water that they brought was gone.

Hagar put his son Ishmael under a small tree. If they could not find the water, they had to die.

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Hagar sat down, looking at Ishmael from a distance, crying, "I can not see my son die."

Ishmael also cried because of the pain.

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God heard the cry of Ishmael. An angel sent by God revealed to Hagar.

And angel told Hagar:

“What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

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God made Hagar's eyes bright so that the well could be seen.

Hagar ran to the well, and Hagar brought water to the leather bag and let the child drink it. God saved two people.

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While Ishmael was growing, God was always with him.

Ishmael grew up in the wilderness and became a great archer.

Ishmael married an Egyptian woman and became a family.

God has kept Ishmael and made it a great nation as He promised Abraham.

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Just as God has protected Hagar and Ishmael, so do we.

We must believe that God is with us all the time and that He will deliver and keep us from all the difficulties we face.

And we must be a man of faith who does not lose the courage to meet any difficulties.

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