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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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Why were Ishmael and his mother thrown out into the wilderness?

Abraham was exceedingly happy when Ishmael was born and wished that Ishmael would be the child of promise, showing little faith in God's abilities. But God corrected Abraham and told him that his son Isaac will fill that role. He had other plans for Ishmael:


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")


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

Abraham faced several difficulties when following God's call, including leaving his familiar surroundings and family to journey to an unknown land (Genesis 12:1), not having any children despite God's promise of descendants (Genesis 15:2-3), and being asked to sacrifice his son Isaac (Genesis 22:1-2). Despite these challenges, Abraham demonstrated faith and obedience to God.


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.


Did Abraham disobeyed god?

Abraham did not disobey God in Scripture. However, some do believe his faith was weak when he took his wife's sevant woman and bore Ishmael whom he loved deeply and wanted to be the child of Promise. God, however, chose Isaac whom his wife bore him afterwards.Genesis 26:5New King James Version (NKJV) 5 because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."

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