The Effects Of Abandonment

Keeping the standard

Genesis 16:1–12 NCV

1 Sarai, Abram’s wife, had no children, but she had a slave girl from Egypt named Hagar. 2 Sarai said to Abram, “Look, the Lord has not allowed me to have children, so have sexual relations with my slave girl. If she has a child, maybe I can have my own family through her.” Abram did what Sarai said. 3 It was after he had lived ten years in Canaan that Sarai gave Hagar to her husband Abram. (Hagar was her slave girl from Egypt.) 4 Abram had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When Hagar learned she was pregnant, she began to treat her mistress Sarai badly. 5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “This is your fault. I gave my slave girl to you, and when she became pregnant, she began to treat me badly. Let the Lord decide who is right—you or me.” 6 But Abram said to Sarai, “You are Hagar’s mistress. Do anything you want to her.” Then Sarai was hard on Hagar, and Hagar ran away. 7 The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the desert, by the road to Shur. 8 The angel said, “Hagar, Sarai’s slave girl, where have you come from? Where are you going?” Hagar answered, “I am running away from my mistress Sarai.” 9 The angel of the Lord said to her, “Go home to your mistress and obey her.” 10 The angel also said, “I will give you so many descendants they cannot be counted.” 11 The angel added, “You are now pregnant, and you will have a son. You will name him Ishmael, because the Lord has heard your cries. 12 Ishmael will be like a wild donkey. He will be against everyone, and everyone will be against him. He will attack all his brothers.”

Genesis 21:8–15 NCV

8 Isaac grew, and when he became old enough to eat food, Abraham gave a great feast. 9 But Sarah saw Ishmael making fun of Isaac. (Ishmael was the son of Abraham by Hagar, Sarah’s Egyptian slave.) 10 So Sarah said to Abraham, “Throw out this slave woman and her son. Her son should not inherit anything; my son Isaac should receive it all.” 11 This troubled Abraham very much because Ishmael was also his son. 12 But God said to Abraham, “Don’t be troubled about the boy and the slave woman. Do whatever Sarah tells you. The descendants I promised you will be from Isaac. 13 I will also make the descendants of Ishmael into a great nation because he is your son, too.” 14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a leather bag full of water. He gave them to Hagar and sent her away. Carrying these things and her son, Hagar went and wandered in the desert of Beersheba. 15 Later, when all the water was gone from the bag, Hagar put her son under a bush.

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Genesis 21:17–20 NCV

17 God heard the boy crying, and God’s angel called to Hagar from heaven. He said, “What is wrong, Hagar? Don’t be afraid! God has heard the boy crying there. 18 Help him up and take him by the hand. I will make his descendants into a great nation.” 19 Then God showed Hagar a well of water. So she went to the well and filled her bag with water and gave the boy a drink. 20 God was with the boy as he grew up. Ishmael lived in the desert and became an archer.

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Genesis 21:21 NCV

21 He lived in the Desert of Paran, and his mother found a wife for him in Egypt.

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Mothers how does it make you feel?????

Who would like to share their experience, emotions, and truths of how it felt or feels with Dad not being in those children’s/child life!!! (Shablis Stephens)

As we read this story the first thing that stands out is Hagar’s behavior while she was pregnant.

New Century Version Chapter 16

When Hagar learned she was pregnant, she began to treat her mistress Sarai badly

New Century Version Chapter 16

Then Sarai was hard on Hagar, and Hagar ran away.

New Century Version Chapter 16

You will name him Ishmael,

because the LORD has heard your cries.

Ishmael will be like a wild donkey.

He will be against everyone,

and everyone will be against him.

He will attack all his brothers.”

2. But what we also see or learn is the future behavior Is Ishmael.

When you read this description is sounds like he could be referring to an angry black man...

what tends to make are young men and women so angry?

Is it the feeling of abandonment

It’s clear Ish carried it through the passing of the womb.

3. Then we see Sarah’s and her insecurities

Gen 21:8

Genesis 21:8–10 NCV

8 Isaac grew, and when he became old enough to eat food, Abraham gave a great feast. 9 But Sarah saw Ishmael making fun of Isaac. (Ishmael was the son of Abraham by Hagar, Sarah’s Egyptian slave.) 10 So Sarah said to Abraham, “Throw out this slave woman and her son. Her son should not inherit anything; my son Isaac should receive it all.”

4. Abraham was troubled by this behavior, but it was his fault he gave into a desire.

This caused him to abandon his son and his sons mother.

New Century Version Chapter 21

Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a leather bag full of water. He gave them to Hagar and sent her away. Carrying these things and her son, Hagar went and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.

New Century Version Chapter 21

Later, when all the water was gone from the bag, Hagar put her son under a bush. Then she went away a short distance and sat down. She thought, “My son will die, and I cannot watch this happen.” She sat there and began to cry.

God heard the boy crying, and God’s angel called to Hagar from heaven. He said, “What is wrong, Hagar? Don’t be afraid! God has heard the boy crying there. Help him up and take him by the hand. I will make his descendants into a great nation.”

New Century Version Chapter 21

Then God showed Hagar a well of water. So she went to the well and filled her bag with water and gave the boy a drink.

God was with the boy as he grew up. Ishmael lived in the desert and became an archer. He lived in the Desert of Paran, and his mother found a wife for him in Egypt.