Belonging 302
The Story of Abraham
Hagar and Ishmael
Genesis 16
Lesson 4
God promises family same as dust
God with Abraham – promise bless all nations through Abram
Genesis 16
Hagar and Ishmael
Not God’s Plan- God’s Mercy
Abram faithful to God. Abram and Sarai human. Try to believe God’s promise. Can’t understand how God will keep promise. Abram and Sarai devise own plan.
God promised Abram family same as dust. Family as many stars as sky. Abram would bring blessing to all nations. Abram not able to wait on God.
God made a promise.
Abram going to have big family.
Abram and Sarai become older and older
No children born to them.
How will God keep His promise? Sarai makes plan of her own.
Sarai had Egyptian slave called Hagar. Sarai gave Hagar to Abram and told him to have a child with Hagar.
Once pregnant, Hagar despised Sarai.
Sarai treated Hagar badly.
a. Sarai’s sister
b. Abram’s sister
c. Sarai’s slave
d. Sarai’s cousin
2. What plan did Sarai make to fulfill God’s promise of a child?
a. Abram and Sarai would wait patiently
b. Abram and Sarai would have a prayer service and plead to God
c. Abram and Sarai would adopt a child
d. Sarai would give her slave to Abram to bear a child for him.
1. C
Egypt named Hagar.
Genesis 16: 1
2. D
So she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go and sleep with my slave. Maybe I can have a family through her.”
Genesis 16: 2
Hagar ran away. Hagar stopped at a spring for a rest.
An Angel of the Lord came to Hagar. Angel asked, “Where are you going?”
Hagar replied she was running away from her owner Sarai. The angel told Hagar to return to her owner and obey her.
The angel told Hagar, “ The Lord hears your misery. Your descendants will be too many to count. You will give birth to a son. Call him Ishmael- means God hears.
Your son will be like a wild donkey. He will use his power against everyone. Everyone will be against him. He will not get along with any of his family.
Hagar obeyed. When child was born, he was named Ishmael. Hagar remembered God rescued her. Hagar proclaims, “You are the God who sees me.”
Abram was 86 years old when Ishmael was born.
3. What does Ishmael mean?
a. Wild one
b. God hears
c. Only child
d. Favored one
4. What promise did angel make to Hagar?
a. She would have a son
b. She would have many descendants
c. Her son would not get along with anyone
d. All of the above
3. B
The angel of the Lord also said to her,
“You are now pregnant
and will have a son.
You will name him Ishmael,
because the Lord has heard about your suffering. Genesis 16:11
4. D
“I will give you and your family many children. There will be more of them than anyone can count.”
The angel of the Lord also said to her,
“You are now pregnant
and will have a son. You will name him Ishmael,
because the Lord has heard about your suffering.
He will be like a wild donkey.
He will use his power against everyone, He will not get along with any of his family.”
Genesis 16: 10-12
The angel of the Lord found Hagar when she was alone and afraid. The Lord does the same for us. God is always near to those who trust and believe.
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God keeps his promises. God promised Abram and Sarai a son. Abram and Sarai didn’t know how this would happen. Making own plans was not God’s plan. They must wait. God showed mercy to them.
Matthew 19:26
Jesus looked at them and said, “With people, this is impossible. But with God, all things are possible.”