“He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.””
Genesis 16:12
BSBGo deeper on this verse (3)
- Hagar: The Runaway Slave Who Named God (Genesis 16)
- Ishmael Means God Hears: The Well of the One Who Sees (Genesis 16)
Connection with Ishmael's descendants
This hard part came true too. Genesis closes the list of Ishmael's descendants by saying they "lived in hostility toward all their brothers" (Genesis 25:18). God told Hagar the whole truth at the spring, the hard parts with the good, and all of it happened.
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