Hagar and Ishmael

Date: October 26, 2019
Passage: Genesis 16:1–16

In this passage, we find a couple who refuse to take God at His word and decide they need to help Him out (vv. 1-3). The result was tragic, and we are still reaping the consequences today. Human efforts to assist in the fulfilling of divine promises always complicate matters. Under the strict laws …

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