Bad Guys of the Bible: Ishmael, Child of the Flesh
by David Chadwick
We are going to wrap up the bad guys of the Bible this week with Ishmael. You will find his story in Genesis 15 and 16. He was the firstborn son of Abraham.
If you remember biblical history, because of Sarah's impatience and unbelief that God would fulfill his promise of bringing her a child, she let Abraham sleep with her servant, Hagar. From that act, Ishmael was conceived.
Ishmael was not the child of promise. His conception, through Abraham and Hagar, was forced and coerced. Isaac, on the other hand, was conceived by Abraham and Sarah through faith and the miraculous…
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