choice of the land. ver. 15.-We should heartily forgive injuries, and return good for evil. 548. Abimelech reproved Sarah, by telling her what he had given to her husband, ver. 16.-Kindness, in return for injuries, is the best and surest reproof. 549. Abraham prayed for Abimelech and his people, ver. 17. We should pray for those whom we have injured, or who have favoured or honoured us. 550. God, at Abraham's prayer, healed Abimelech, ver. 17.-God loves, and will hear and answer the supplications of his people for others, as well as for themselves. SECTION XXXI. The Birth of Isaac, and the Dismissal of Hagar and Ishmael.-Gen. xxi. 1-21. 1. And the Lord (1) visited Sarah as he had (2) said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had (3) spoken. 1. Came unto.-2. Promised.-3. Declared the year before. 1. Who was visited? Who visited Sarah? As who had said? What did God do as he had said? What did God do? Unto whom did he do this? who had spoken? As 2. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son (1) in his old age, at the (2) set time of which God had spoken to him. 1. When he was an old man.-2. Particular. 2. What did Sarah do? What did Sarah bear? To whom did Sarah bear a son? In whose old age ? What happened in Abraham's old age? When did Sarah bear Abraham a son? At what time? Who had spoken? To whom had God spoken? What happened at this time? 3. And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 3. What did Abraham do? To whom did he give a name? What son? Who bare him? What did Abraham call his son? Who was called Isaac? Who called him Isaac ? 4. And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him. 4. What did Abraham do to his son? Who was circumcised? By whom was Isaac circumcised? How old was Isaac when he was circumcised? Who was eight days old? What happened when Isaac was eight days old? Who had commanded this? What had God commanded? Whom did God command? 5. And Abraham was an hundred years old when his son Isaac was born unto him. 5. How old was Abraham? Who was an hundred years old? When was Abraham an hundred years old? Who was born to him? Which son? Unto whom was Isaac born? 6. And Sarah said, God hath made me to (1) laugh, so that all that hear will (1) laugh with me. 1. Rejoice. 6. What did Sarah say? What Who made Sarah laugh? had she been made to do? Who was made to laugh? What were others to do? Who were to laugh with Sarah? All that what? What would all that hear do? With whom would they laugh? 7. And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age. 7. Who said? What did Sarah say farther? Who would have done what? Said to whom? Said what to Abraham? That Sarah should have done what? What had Sarah done? What had she borne? To whom had she borne a son? In what had she borne Abraham a son? In whose old age? What had she done to Abraham in his old age? 8. And the child grew, and was (1) weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. 1. Taken from feeding at the breast. 8. Who grew? What did they do to the child? Who was weaned? What did Abraham make? What kind of feast did Abraham make? When did Abraham make this great feast? On what day? Who was weaned? 9. And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian. which she had borne unto Abraham, (1) mocking. 1. Ill using, and treating young Isaac in a contemptuous manner. 9. Who saw this? What did Sarah see? Whose son? What was Hagar? What had Hagar done? What bad she borne? To whom had she borne this son? What was the son of Hagar the Egyptian doing? Who was mocking? 10. (1) Wherefore she said unto Abraham, (2) Cast out this (3) bondwoman and her son: for the son of this (3) bond-woman shall not (4) be heir with my son, even with Isaac. 1. For that reason-2. Send away from your house.-3. Female servant, or slave.-4. After your death, take part of the inheritance. 10. Who spoke ? To whom did Sarah speak? What did Sarah say to Abraham? Who was to be cast out? Whose son? What was to be done to the bond woman and her son? Why were Hagar and Ishmael to be cast out? Who was not to be heir with Isaac? What was Ishmael not to be? Heir with whom? Who was Isaac? Whose son was Isaac? 1. And the thing was very (1) grievous in Abraham's sight (2) because of (3) his son. 1. Painful.-2. On account of.-3. Ishmael. 11. What was grievous? To whom was this grievous? How grievous was this to Abraham? Why was this grievous to Abraham? Whose son? 12. And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be (1) grievous in thy sight because of the (2) lad, and because of thy bond-woman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee (3) hearken unto her voice: for in Isaac shall (4) thy seed be (5) called. 1. Painful.-2. Young man, or boy.-3. Hear, and do as she desires thee.-4. All the promises made to thy children.-5. Fulfilled. 12. Who spoke to Abraham? What did God say to Abraham? What was this not to be? Because of whom? Of whom besides the lad? Whose bondwoman? What was Abraham to do? he to hearken? To whose voice? To what was In what was he to hearken to Sarah's voice? In whom was Abraham's seed to be called? Whose seed was to be called in Isaac? 13. And (1) also of the son of the bond-woman will I make a nation, because he is thy (2) seed. 1. Not only so, but.-2. Child. 13. What was God to do to Ishmael? What was he to be made? Who was to be made a nation? The son of whom? Why was God to make him a naWhat was God to do because Ishmael was Abraham's seed? tion? Whose seed? 14. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a (1) bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, (putting it on her shoulder,) and (2) the child, and sent her away: and she (3) departed, and (4) wandered in the (5) wilderness of Beer-sheba. 1. Leathern skin full.-2. Ishmael her son.-3. Left Abraham's house and family.-4. Lost her way.-5. Uninhabited place. 14. Who rose up? When did Abraham rise up? What did Abraham take? A bottle of what? What did Abraham give to Hagar? Where did he put them? On whose shoulder? What was put on Hagar's shoulder? What did Abraham give to Hagar, besides the bread and the water? To whom did he give the child? What did Abraham do to Hagar when he gave her these? Who was sent away? What did Hagar do when she was sent away? Who wandered? Where did she wander? In what wilderness did she wander? 15. And the water was (1) spent in the bottle and she (2) cast (3) the child under one of the (4) shrubs. 1. At last finished, and emptied from. 2. Threw down.-3. Ishmael. -4. Bushes, or low trees. 15. What was spent? In what was the water spent? What did Hagar do when the water was spent? What did she cast? What did she do with the child? Under what did she cast the child? When did she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 16. And she went, and sat her down (1) over against him a good way off, as (2) it were a bow-shot: for she said, Let me not see the (3) death of the child. And she sat (1) over against him, and (4) lifted up ner voice and wept. 1. Opposite to.-2. Far as a bow shoots an arrow.-3. Boy die of thirst! 4. Wept aloud. 16. What did Hagar do when she cast down the child? Over against whom? Who sat down over against him? When did she sit down? Where did she sit down? How far off? What did she say ? What did she not wish to see? Whose death? What did she do when she sat down? Lift up what? In what manner did she lift up her voice? 17. And God heard the (1) voice of (2) the lad: and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What (3) aileth thee, Hagar? (4) fear not: for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 1. Groanings.-2. Ishmael.-3. Is the matter with.-4. Do not be afraid. 17. Who heard? What did God hear? Whose voice did God hear? Who called? Whose angel? What did the angel of God do? To whom did he call? Out of what did he call? What did the angel say to Hagar? What was Hagar not to do? Why was Hagar not to fear? Who had heard? What had God heard? Where had God heard the lad's voice? 18. (1) Arise, lift up the (2) lad, and (3) hold him in thine (4) hand : for I will make him a great nation. Whom was she to 1. Rise up.-2. Young man.-3. Support.-4. Arm. 18. What was Hagar to do? lift? Who was to lift up the lad? do when she lifted up the lad? hold him? What was God to do to him? to do this? Who was to be made a nation? What kind of a nation was God to make Ishmael. Who was 19. And God (1) opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 1. Directed her where to look. 19. What did God do to Hagar? Opened what? Who opened her eyes? What did Hagar see? What kind of a well? When did she see the well of water? What did Hagar do when she saw the well? What did she fill? With what did she fill the bottle? What did she do when she had filled the bottle? To whom did she give drink? Who gave the lad drink? When did she give the lad drink? 20. And God (1) was with the lad; and he grew, and (2) dwelt in the wilderness, and became (3) an archer. 1. Took care of.-2. Abode.-3. A hunter with a bow and arrows. |