Genesis 21 has an unusually large number of interesting features embedded within the language of the text itself. What was Ishmael doing with or to Isaac that got Sarah so upset? Laughing at him, mocking him, or even molesting him? Why does this text say, "the angel of God" and not "the angel of Yahweh" as in ch. 16? We can learn much from the actual language used in this text.
But we can also learn a great deal about this biblical account specifically and the entire biblical meta-narrative by examining how Paul uses this chapter in his letters, especially in Galatians 4:21-31. Why can Paul take this passage as an allegory, when the Reformed hermeneutic discourages allegorical interpretation?
We can learn a great deal about God and His Word through passages like this one.
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Greg earned his M.Div. from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Dec. 2021. He also holds a B.A. in Mathematics (UVA), an M.A. in Music Composition (UVA), and an M.S. in Meteorology (PSU).
Greg is passionate about digging into the deep truths of Scripture and then...