Genesis 21:1-7
God faithfully accomplishes His promises in His timing, bringing life where there was impossibility.
1 Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken.
2 Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
3 Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
4 Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5 Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was born to him.
6 Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”
7 She said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”
God faithfully accomplishes His promises in His timing, bringing life where there was impossibility.
To record the fulfillment of God’s promise through the birth of Isaac and highlight God’s faithfulness to His word.
The LORD Fulfills His Promise in Isaac, Casts Out the Bondwoman’s Line from the Covenant Inheritance, and Preserves Ishmael in Mercy
The LORD faithfully fulfills His promise by giving Isaac at the appointed time, distinguishes the covenant heir from the son of human arrangement, and shows preserving mercy to Ishmael while establishing Abraham more firmly in the land.