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God Provides For Hagar And Ishmael
God provides a son to Abraham and Sarah just like he had promised (vv. 1-7). Sarah said that God gave her laughter in her old age so they called the son Isaac which means “he laughs.” It would have been easy in the excitement of all these happenings for Abraham …

Abraham’s Agreement With Abimelech
Abimelech takes Philcol, his military advisor with him to meet Abraham (v. 22). Apparently he was afraid of Abraham and thought that at some opportune time Abraham would zap him (vv. 23-24). It seems that Abraham had dug a well and Abimelech’s men had violently wrestled it …