For your reference, turn to Genesis 21. Other references are Genesis 17 and 20.
As God had said to Abraham in Genesis 17:19, Sarah had a son and named him Isaac. Isaac was circumcised by Abraham when he was eight days old as God had commanded (Genesis 21:4).
Sarah denied Ishmael, Abraham's son by Hagar, to be an heir along with Isaac and had Abraham to cast out Hagar and Ismael (Genesis 21:10). This grieved Abraham because of Ishmael (Genesis 21:11).
"And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called" (Genesis 21:12). God said to Abraham that He would make a nation of Ishmael because he is Abraham's seed too (Genesis 21:13).
Abraham sent Hagar and the child, Ishmael, away with bread and water. They "...wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba" (Genesis 21:14). Having drunk all of the water, Hagar cast Ishmael under a shrub and feared that the child would die (Genesis 21:15,16). She "...[lifted] up her voice, and wept" (Genesis 21:16).
The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said for her not to fear "...for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is" (Genesis 21:17).
"Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation" (Genesis 21:18).
"And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad a drink" (Genesis 21:19).
God was with Ishmael as he lived and grew in the wilderness and became an archer (Genesis 21:20). Ishmael dwelled in the wilderness of Paran and Hagar "...took him a wife out of the land of Egypt" (Genesis 21:21).
The time came when Abimelech, the king of Gerar, "and Phicol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. And Abraham said, I will swear" (Genesis 20:2;Genesis 21:22,23,24).
Abraham expressed disapproval to Abimelech over a well of water that was violently removed by Abimelech's servants. Abimelech knew nothing about it until Abraham brought it to his attention (Genesis 21:25,26).
Abraham gave sheep and oxen to Abimelech and the two made a covenant (Genesis 21:27).
"And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves" (Genesis 21:28).
"And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves" (Genesis 21:29)?
"And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me that I have digged this well" (Genesis 21:30).
"Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them" (Genesis 21:31).
"Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines" (Genesis 21:32).
"And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God" (Genesis 21:33).
"And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days" (Genesis 21:34).
Many Christians and Jews alike educate that Hagar was NOT Abraham’s ‘wife’ but a concubine. However, their scripture teaches otherwise. In the book of Genesis it is clearly mentioned that Sarah gave Hagar as WIFE to Abraham
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