Abraham (redirected fromAbraham and Sarah) Thesaurus Encyclopedia A·bra·ham (ā′brə-hăm′) In the Bible, the first patriarch and progenitor of the Hebrew people. He was the father of Ishmael and Isaac. [Hebrew'abrāhām,the (divine) Father is exalted:'āb,father; seeʔbinSemitic ...
Ten years after returning to Canaan, Abraham and Sarah were still childless. Sarah suggested that Abraham have a child with her Egyptian handmaid Hagar, to which he agreed. This produced stress between Sarah and Hagar, as Sarah protested to her husband that the handmaid no longer regarded her ...
Abraham's life is now winding down. Sarah has been buried. If you could find one or two words to describe Abraham's life, "blessing" would be one of them. "Faith" would be another. He has wealth, long life, and a child who will be his heir. Now Abraham must look to providing a...
Paul emphasizes that only the child of the “free woman,” namely Sarah, was born on account of the covenantal promise of offspring (Gen. 17:1–21, 18:9–14); the “child of the slave” is merely the result of fleshly sexual intercourse between Abraham and Hagar (16:4).[4] Isaac...
Contemplates the biblical story of Abraham and Sarah who were promised a child in their old age. How Sarah laughed at God's promise, which seemed impossible; Lessons for us today as we think about impossibilities; Jesus' teachings on the subject;How to respond to the seemingly impossible.Zee...
6 And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh.[a] Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me. 7 No one thought that I would be able to have Abraham’s child. But I have given Abraham a son while he is old.” Hagar and Ishmael 8 Isaac grew and became old enough to eat foo...
Sarah even tried to arrange for Abraham to have a child through another woman, her servant, Hagar. But, as you can imagine, surrogacy did not turn out well. Sarah soon could not take the painful sight of another woman happily playing with Abraham’s child, and banished them both. Sarah ...
13 The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’ 14 Is anything too wonderful for the Lord? At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son.” 15 But Sarah denied, saying, “I...
Ishmael was the son of Abraham and Hagar, the slave woman of Sarah. English Revised VersionNow these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:GOD'S WORD® TranslationThis is the account of the descendants of Abraham's ...
I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.” / Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?” ......