[1] 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 obtain children by her." And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai.
Abram left Haran for Canaan when he was 75 for a brighter future from God. While in Canaan he journeyed to Egypt without God’s permission because there was a famine in the land. While in Egypt, Sarai received a maid by the name of Hagar from the Pharaoh before returning to Canaan. It was customary in that day for a wife who was childless to give a maid to her husband to marry in order to carry on the family name. Abram was 86 when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael, the father of the Arabs.
Hostilities among the Jews and the Arabs are
legendary, even now, courtesy of Abram’s one-time trip into Egypt out of the
will of God. Though forgiven, the ripple effect of disobedience can have a
lasting effect. We always get more than we bargained for when we step outside
the will of God. Those ripples can take on a life of their own even though we
are forgiven. <><
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