Listen "Genesis 16 - Somebody's Watching Me!!"
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Season 4 Episode 5 – Genesis 16: Somebody’s Watching Me!Coming Up! - 0:00Intro - 1:11Jasmine’s Tea! - 4:08A’ight So Boom! - 8:14Read Genesis 16 1-2 - 12:13Sarai’s CircumstanceBecause she had no childrenShe had a female servant Abram falls asleepPresents the plan to AbramThe LORD has prevented me (back to Eve)My servant is availableI shall obtain children by herAbram Listened to the voice of SaraiRead Genesis 16 3-6 - 31:24Ten years have passed with him living in Canaan (from the Covenant)That barrenness was grounds for a divorce after a ten-year period is a rabbinic explanation for Sarai’s actions (Gen. Rab. 45.3). K. A. Mathews, Genesis 11:27–50:26, vol. 1B, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005), 185.Sarai took and gave her servantTo Abram her husband as a wifeShe conceivedHagar looked with contempt on her mistressSarai felt a wayBlamed AbramShe looked on me with contemptMay the LORD judge between you and meAbram wipes his hands of HagarShe is your servant (Abram’s wife)She is in your powerDo to you as you pleaseShe dealt harshly with hagarHagar Fled from her (Sarai)Read Genesis 16 7-10 - 43:20Angel of the LORD ‘finds’ HagarShe is by a springShe is in the wildernessOn the way to ShurThe Angel of the LORD speaks to HagarNote how the author identifies herAsks questions He know the answer toShe tells the LORD what is going onThe Angel of the LORD repliesGo Back?!I will multiply your offspringYour are pregnantYour child will be a sonYou will name him Ishmael (and tells her why)What he will beA wild donkey of a manHis hand against everyone (does not play well with others)Dwell over against all his kinsmenRead Genesis 16 11-12 - 59:29The Angel of the LORD (Christophony)Speaks to HagarAbout herselfYou are pregnantYou will Bear a son About her son’s nameWhat the child’s name isWhy the child is to be named thatHer son’s relationshipWild Donkey of a manHand against everyone Everyone’s hand against himDwell over and above his kinsmenRead Genesis 16 13-16 - 1:03:26Hagar worships the LORDThe LORD sees her She has seen the Angel of the LORD Names the well Beer-lahai-roiThe site became known as Beer Lahai Roi, “the well of the Living (One) who sees me” K. A. Mathews, Genesis 11:27–50:26, vol. 1B, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005), 192.Hagar births Abram’s SonAbram is 86 years old (Not too old for children)Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/avbe/night-in-kyotoLicense code: WDUZARYUHWMKKMU3
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