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This 4 page research paper offers discussion and explication of Genesis 21:1-7, examining its theological and literal meaning. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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God fulfilled his promise and Sarah bore a son to Abraham in his old age, precisely at the time when God had promised him that this would occur (Gen. 21:1-2).
In this context, the Hebrew word for "visit takes on the connotation of Yahweh mercifully delivering" an individual from a "hopeless situation, that is infertility" (Hamilton 73). Due to Gods
grace and in spite of Sarahs disbelief, as expressed in Gen. 18:12, the promise made by God to Abraham is fulfilled (Hartley 198). In this context, the Hebrew "paqad,"
which literally means "visit," connotes that "God directed the course of nature for a specific outcome" (Hartley 198). Within Genesis, the passage is consistent with the narrative, thus far, relating
this significant event, concentrating on Sarahs reaction. Within the canon as a whole, the birth of Isaac is crucial, as this is the event that leads to Abraham becoming the
progenitor of the Hebrew people. The theological message that modern readers can take away from this passage is the direct overt message that obedience to God results in answered
prayer and the benevolence of Gods grace in ones life. According to the normal course of experience, there is no way in which two people as old as Abraham and
Sarah could produce a child, yet through the grace of Gods will this occurred. Verse 2 makes it clear that the only reason that Sarah is able to become pregnant,
carry a child and give birth is the intercession of Yahweh (Hamilton 73). It is God who "opens the infertile wombs of the Philistine women because of Abrahams prayers" and
Sarah also "conceives and gives birth because Yahweh visits her" (Hamilton 73). This meaning is made evident by the reference to Abrahams advanced age. Verse 3 indicates that Abraham
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