“But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.””
Genesis 21:13
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Why was Abraham distressed?
Sarah demanded that Hagar and her son be sent away, and Abraham was distressed, because the boy was his son too. God told him to listen to Sarah and promised to make a nation of the slave woman's son as well (Genesis 21:13).
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When Sarah demanded that Hagar and her son be sent away, she used garash, drive out. Genesis has used it twice before: God drove Adam out of Eden, and Cain was driven out (Genesis 4:14). Both times God provided for the one sent out, here with garments of skin. A Hebrew listener had learned that the people this verb sends away stay in God's sight.
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