Genesis 16

Genesis 16

Impatient with God's timing, Abram and his wife Sarai decide to take matters into their own hands to secure an heir. Sarai gives her Egyptian servant, Hagar, to Abram. When Hagar conceives, she begins to despise Sarai, who then treats her harshly, forcing Hagar to flee to the wilderness. An angel of the Lord appears to Hagar, promising that her son, Ishmael, will be a wild man and the father of a multitude. Hagar returns and gives birth to Ishmael when Abram is eighty-six years old.

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1 Samuel 1

Hannah, a barren woman, prays fervently at the Tabernacle for a son, vowing to dedicate him to God's service. God answers her prayer, and she gives birth to Samuel and dedicates him to Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 2

Hannah sings a powerful song of praise to the Lord, celebrating His power to raise up the humble and bring down the proud. The chapter highlights the wickedness of Eli's sons, who abuse their priestly office.

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