GENESIS CHAPTER 21 God visits Sarah; she conceives and bears a son, Genesis 21:1,2. He is named Isaac, Genesis 21:3; circumcised the eighth day, Genesis 21:4. Sarah's joy and thanks, Genesis 21:6,7. Abraham makes a feast at the weaning of Isaac, Genesis 21:8. Ishmael mocks; Sarah sees it, Genesis 21:9. She complains to Abraham, and desires to have him cast out, Genesis 21:10. Abraham is grieved, Genesis 21:11. God commands it; the reason, Genesis 21:12; promises a blessing to Ishmael for his sake, Genesis 21:13. Abraham sends Hagar and her son away; they wander in the wilderness, are like to perish for want of water, Genesis 21:14-16. God calls to her, Genesis 21:17; repeats his promise to Ishmael, Genesis 21:18; opens her eyes; she sees a well, Genesis 21:19. They dwell there, and Ishmael is an archer, Genesis 21:20; marries an Egyptian, Genesis 21:21. Abimelech convinced that God was with Abraham, desires a covenant, Genesis 21:22,23. Abraham consents, Genesis 21:24. Abimelech's servants having taken a well from him, Abraham reproves him for it, Genesis 21:25. He pleads ignorance, Genesis 21:26. Both of them make a covenant, Genesis 21:27-32. Abraham plants a grove, and calls on the Lord the everlasting God, Genesis 21:33,34. The Lord visited Sarah, i.e. performed his gracious promise of giving her strength to conceive and bear a child. God's visitation of a person in Scripture use, is the manifestation and execution of his purpose or word towards that person, and that either for evil, and so it is an inflicting of evils threatened, as the word visiting is used, Exodus 20:5 Psalms 59:5; or for good, and so it is used for the actual giving of mercies promised, as here, and Genesis 50:24 Exodus 4:31 Ruth 1:6.
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Genesis 21:1
1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.