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Hagar and Gods CareGenesis 16
Presented by Bob DeWaay August 8, 2004
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A Promise and a Problem

• Genesis 161
• Now Sarai, Abram's wife had borne him no
  children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name
  was Hagar.

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The Promise of an Heir

• Genesis 154
• Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him,
  saying, This man will not be your heir but one
  who will come forth from your own body, he shall
  be your heir.

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Sarais Solution

• Genesis 162
• So Sarai said to Abram, Now behold, the Lord
  has prevented me from bearing children. Please go
  in to my maid perhaps I will obtain children
  through her. And Abram listened to the voice of
  Sarai.

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Listen to the Voice

• Genesis 317
• Then to Adam He said, Because you have listened
  to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from
  the tree about which I commanded you, saying,
  You shall not eat from it Cursed is the ground
  because of you In toil you will eat of it All
  the days of your life.

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Sarai Executes Her Plan

• Genesis 163
• After Abram had lived ten years in the land of
  Canaan, Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar the
  Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to her husband
  Abram as his wife.

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Took and Gave Allusion

• Genesis 36
• When the woman saw that the tree was good for
  food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and
  that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she
  took from its fruit and ate and she gave also to
  her husband with her, and he ate.

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Hagar Despises Sarai

• Genesis 164
• He went in to Hagar, and she conceived and when
  she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was
  despised in her sight.

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Sarai Blames Abram For Going Along with Her Scheme

• Genesis 165
• And Sarai said to Abram, May the wrong done me
  be upon you. I gave my maid into your arms, but
  when she saw that she had conceived, I was
  despised in her sight. May the Lord judge between
  you and me.

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When David Could Have Killed Saul

• 1Samuel 2412
• May the Lord judge between you and me, and may
  the Lord avenge me on you but my hand shall not
  be against you.

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Sarai Oppresses Hagar

• Genesis 166
• But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your maid is
  in your power do to her what is good in your
  sight. So Sarai treated her harshly, and she
  fled from her presence.

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Hagar Flees Toward Egypt

• Genesis 167
• Now the angel of the Lord found her by a spring
  of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the
  way to Shur.

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The Angel of the Lord Questions Hagar

• Genesis 168
• And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have
  you come from and where are you going? And she
  said, I am fleeing from the presence of my
  mistress Sarai.

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God Asks Questions

• Genesis 39
• Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to
  him, Where are you?
• Genesis 49
• Then the Lord said to Cain, Where is Abel your
  brother? And he said, I do not know. Am I my
  brother's keeper?

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Unlike Adam and Cain, Hagar is Honest and
Transparent

• Genesis 168
• And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have
  you come from and where are you going? And she
  said, I am fleeing from the presence of my
  mistress Sarai.

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Hagar is Given a Difficult Word

• Genesis 169
• Then the angel of the Lord said to her, Return
  to your mistress, and submit yourself to her
  authority.

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Hagar Receives a Fantastic Promise

• Genesis 1610
• Moreover, the angel of the Lord said to her, I
  will greatly multiply your descendants so that
  they shall be too many to count.

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Ishmael Means God Has Heard

• Genesis 1611
• The angel of the Lord said to her further,
  Behold, you are with child, And you shall bear a
  son And you shall call his name Ishmael, Because
  the Lord has given heed to your affliction.

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Future Conflict is Predicted

• Genesis 1612
• And he will be a wild donkey of a man, His hand
  will be against everyone, And everyone's hand
  will be against him And he will live to the east
  of all his brothers.

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Ishmaels Descendants

• Genesis 2517 ,18
• And these are the years of the life of Ishmael,
  one hundred and thirty-seven years and he
  breathed his last and died, and was gathered to
  his people. And they settled from Havilah to Shur
  which is east of Egypt as one goes toward
  Assyria he settled in defiance of all his
  relatives.

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The Angel of The Lord IS The Lord

• Genesis 1613
• Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke
  to her, Thou art a God who sees for she said,
  Have I even remained alive here after seeing
  Him?

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God Sees and God Cares

• Genesis 1614
• Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi
  behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

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Hagar Goes back to Abram

• Genesis 1615, 16
• So Hagar bore Abram a son and Abram called the
  name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. And
  Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore
  Ishmael to him.

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Lessons from the Hagar Story1) Cry out to God
Rather Than Scheme Impatiently 2) God Sees and
God Cares3) God Answers in His Time and His Way
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Sarah Should Have Cried out to God Like Hannah

• 1Samuel 110 ,11
• And she, greatly distressed, prayed to the Lord
  and wept bitterly. And she made a vow and said,
  O Lord of hosts, if Thou wilt indeed look on the
  affliction of Thy maidservant and remember me,
  and not forget Thy maidservant, but wilt give Thy
  maidservant a son, then I will give him to the
  Lord all the days of his life.

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Abram Should Have Prayed Like Isaac

• Genesis 2521
• And Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his
  wife, because she was barren and the Lord
  answered him and Rebekah his wife conceived.

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God Sees and God Cares

• 1Peter 56, 7
• Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty
  hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper
  time, casting all your anxiety upon Him, because
  He cares for you.

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God Answers in His Time and His Way

• Genesis 211, 2
• Then the Lord took note of Sarah as He had said,
  and the Lord did for Sarah as He had promised. So
  Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his
  old age, at the appointed time of which God had
  spoken to him.

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