The Faithfulness of God

In our last lesson we considered the spiritual lessons to be learned from the casting out of Hagar and Ishmael, drawing on the Apostle's allegory in Galatians 4. Now we return to the study of the text itself and the lessons we can learn from what takes place next in this chapter. This section of Genesis 21 deals with two important events:

 The separation of Hagar and Ishmael from Abraham's camp (Vs. 14-21).
 The peace treaty between Abraham and Abimelech (Vs. 22-34).

Both events bear testament to the faithfulness and mercy of God. We will note this in both the trial of Hagar and Ishmael (Vs. 14-21) and the treaty between Abraham and Abimelech (Vs. 22-34).