THE SOURCE OF THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
IT'S ABOUT THE LAND INHERITANCE
Genesis 16
New
King James Version
Hagar
and Ishmael
16 Now Sarai, Abram’s
wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose
name was Hagar. 2 So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord has restrained me from
bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I
shall [a]obtain children by her.” And Abram heeded the voice of
Sarai. 3 Then Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar
her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after
Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan. 4 So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had
conceived, her mistress became despised in her [b]eyes.
5 Then Sarai said to Abram, [c]“My wrong be upon
you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived,
I became despised in her eyes. The Lord judge between you and
me.”
6 So
Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to
her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from
her presence.
7 Now the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of
water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. 8 And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where
have you come from, and where are you going?”
She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”
9 The Angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to
your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand.” 10 Then the Angel of the Lord said
to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall
not be counted for multitude.” 11 And
the Angel of the Lord said to her:
“Behold, you are with child,
And you shall bear a son.
You shall call his name [d]Ishmael,
Because the Lord has
heard your affliction.
12 He shall be a wild man;
His hand shall be against every man,
And every man’s hand against him.
And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”(The
Arabs & Jews are step brothers)
13 Then she called the name of
the Lord who spoke to her, You-Are-[e]the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, “Have
I also here [f]seen Him who sees me?” 14 Therefore the well was called Beer
Lahai Roi;[g] observe, it is between
Kadesh and Bered.
15 So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram
named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. (meaning
God hears) 16 Abram was eighty-six
years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
Footnotes
- Genesis 16:2 Lit. be built up from
- Genesis 16:4 sight
- Genesis 16:5 The wrong done to me be
- Genesis 16:11 Lit. God Hears
- Genesis 16:13 Heb. El Roi
- Genesis 16:13 Seen the back of
- Genesis 16:14 Lit. Well of the One Who Lives and Sees Me
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