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In the book of Genesis in The Bible, God promised Abraham and Sarah a son, even in their old age. Abraham was 100 and Sarah was 90 when Isaac was born.

The "Child of the Promise" refers to God's promise to Abraham and Sarah.

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Who was Sarah and Abrahams son?

Sarah and Abraham's son was named Isaac. He was born to them in their old age, fulfilling God's promise to give them a child despite their advanced years. Isaac went on to become an important figure in the Abrahamic religions.


What difficulties did Abraham face when following god's call?

Abraham was God's chosen one because God knew his heart. He was tested and failed as human's are capable of doing..and did choose the advice of his wife Sarah being impatient for God's promise to be fullfilled..Ishmael was first born with Sarah's hand maiden of a foreign land. Intereting to note that the first child, born out of rebellion to God's promise became the root of the MUSLIM empire still warring to this day against God's chosen children the Israelites and the Children of Adoption...the Christians. Upon the promised child's birth by Sarah..given the name of Isaac..God again tested Abraham by asking that Abraham give back his only begotten son by Sarah..at the Alter of Sacrifice..Upon seeing Abraham's faith God changed His mind and stayed Abraham's hand as he was about to kill Isaac for the offering to God...God then provided the sacrifice...symbolic of the Christ given to save all of the World...a Ram caught in a bush..which Abraham did kill and sacrifice as a burnt offering acceptable to God...It's of interest that God furnished the sacrifice here...where men had always been called upon to furnish the sacrifice to God...So Abraham did reveal his true heart through this ulitmate test of faith and was then promised to be the "Father of many nations"..."numbering the sands of the sea shores"...God is always faithful but we must sometimes be called upon to reveal our heart to Him


What is the meaning of Abraham's daughter?

Abraham's daughter is a retelling of the bible story of Arbaham and Isaac. In the bible, Arbraham takes Isaac and is about to sacrifice him because god said to, but is stopped by an angel who tells him he no longer has to sacrifice Isaac because he fears god, then Abraham and Isaac sacrifice a ram instead. In the song though, Abraham is about to sacrifice Isaac and the angel is not stopping, but encouraging him. Instead of Isaac being an only child, he has a nameless sister who was raised to support the sacrificing if her brother ("raised for the slaughter") The daughter stands from where she was hiding and stops Abraham from killing Isaac telling him to sacrifice her instead. In this case she is the ram. She forces him to release isaac or she would kill him with an arrow (" then she raised her bow")


Who was ishmaels mom?

Hagar is the mother of Ishmael. Abraham took Hagar as a second wife when his wife Sara could not conceive a child. Sara eventually did conceive and gave birth to Isaac. In the end, Hagar and Ishmael were banished so Isaac could be Abraham's heir.


What is the name of Sarah's handmaid that Abraham went into and had Ishmael?

The handmaid's name was Hagar. She was Sarah's servant, and Abraham had a child with her named Ishmael in order to fulfill God's promise of descendants.