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The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Genesis 21:1-34

Ishmael Gen 21:14 The first feeling we have in reading the story of Hagar and Ishmael is that they were both most cruelly used. If you were to read this story in the newspapers, as an incident happening in our own time, you would strongly condemn both Abraham and Sarah his wife. Hagar and Ishmael were cast forth out of the house of Abraham. Hagar received from Abraham "bread and a bottle of water," and she and her child "departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba." They were sent... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 21:6-7

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. Reader! Pause here to remark, that while the gift of a Son became such a subject of astonishment to Sarah; what greater cause have you and I to be astonished, that God should have given his only begotten Son, to the end, that all which believe in him should not perish, but have... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 21:1-8

1-8 Few under the Old Testament were brought into the world with such expectations as Isaac. He was in this a type of Christ, that Seed which the holy God so long promised, and holy men so long expected. He was born according to the promise, at the set time of which God had spoken. God's promised mercies will certainly come at the time which He sets, and that is the best time. Isaac means "laughter," and there was good reason for the name, ch. Genesis 17:17; Genesis 18:13. When the Sun of... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 21:1-8

Isaac Born, Circumcised, and Weaned v. 1. And the Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as He had spoken. The Lord visited Sarah by doing to her as He had promised, by granting her what she had desired for so many years, a child of her own. Children are a gift of the goodness of God. v. 2. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age at the set time of which God had spoken to him. God's promise was literally fulfilled, for at just the time that He had... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Genesis 21:1-34

NINTH SECTIONThe birth of Isaac. Ishmael’s expulsion. The Covenant of peace with Abimelech at Beer-sheba Genesis 21:1-341And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. 2For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God [Elohim] had spoken to him. 3And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac [Jitzhak; he or one will laugh].4And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 21:1-7

Birth of Isaac Genesis 21:1-7 God is faithful. Heaven and earth may pass, but His word cannot fail. We may wait until all human hopes have died, and then, at “God’s set time,” the child is born. Abraham laughed at the first announcement of this event, Genesis 17:17 . Later, as Sarah listened to the conversation between her husband and his mysterious guests, she laughed with incredulity, Genesis 18:12-15 . But now, in the joy of long-deferred motherhood, she found that “the Lord had prepared... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 21:1-34

At last in God's 'Set time," and in spite of all natural difficulties, the long-promised son was born. Sarah who at an earlier point had laughed with the laughter of incredulity, now laughed with the laughter of realization. There is something vivid and startling, even, in the story of Ishmael. It was necessary that, because of an act of unbelief, the son should be cast out in order to carry out the divine purpose. Yet in this act the tenderness of God is revealed in that He "heard the voice... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Genesis 21:1-21

The Birth of Isaac Genesis 21:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Genesis 20:1-18 is a chapter that is vital in many ways. 1. It shows us that even God's best may err through unbelief. Abraham, in fear, passed off his wife as his sister. She was, indeed, his sister, inasmuch as she was the daughter of his father, yet not of his mother. However, Sarah was more than Abraham's sister, she was his wife; and Abraham deceived Abimelech. Unbelief always affects the fate of others. Because of Abraham's fear and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 21:1-21

A Son is Born to Sarah and Another Son of Abraham is Cast Out (Genesis 21:1-21 ). The account of Yahweh’s fulfilment of His promise to Abraham in the giving of a son comes interestingly enough in the covenant made by God with Ishmael. Thus the writing down of the detail was by Ishmael. This explains the flatness of the initial introduction in respect of something that would have made Abraham and Sarah ecstatic. Had it not been for this connection with a covenant the birth narrative could well... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 21:1-7

Genesis 21:1-Judges : . Birth of Isaac. Genesis 21:1 b and Genesis 21:2 b – Genesis 21:5 belong to P, the editor having changed Elohim into Yahweh in Genesis 21:1 b. To J Genesis 21:1 a, Genesis 21:2 a, Genesis 21:7 may be assigned, and Genesis 21:6 a to E. Genesis 21:6 b should probably be placed in Genesis 21:7 before “ for,” and assigned to J. It supplies a better reason than Genesis 21:7 a for Genesis 21:7 b. Genesis 21:6 contains two suggestions as to the origin of Isaac’ s name—... read more