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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   Day 17, 17 Jan 2026   
      
   1) Genesis 16, Genesis 17, Genesis 18   
      
   GENESIS 16   
   The Birth of Ishmael   
   1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children,   
   and she had a maidservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.   
   2 So Sarai said to Abram, "The Lord has prevented me from having children.   
   Please go in to my maid; it may be that I will obtain children through her."   
   Abram listened to Sarai.   
   3 So after Abram had been living   
   for ten years in the land of Canaan,   
   Sarai, his wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian,   
   and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.   
   4 He went in to Hagar, and she conceived.   
   When she saw that she had conceived,   
   she began to despise her mistress.   
   5 Then Sarai said to Abram,   
    "May the wrong done to me be on you!   
   I gave my maid into your arms;   
   and when she saw that she had conceived,   
   I became despised in her eyes.   
    May the Lord judge between you and me."   
   6 But Abram said to Sarai,   
   "Indeed, your maid is in your power;   
   do to her as you please."   
   Then Sarai dealt harshly with her,   
   and she fled from her presence.   
   7 The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness.   
    It was the spring on the way to Shur.   
   8 And he said, "Hagar, Sarai's maid,   
   where have you come from   
   and where are you going?"   
   And she said, "I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai."   
   9 Then the angel of the Lord said to her,   
   "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority."   
    10 The angel of the Lord also said to her,   
   "I will multiply your descendants exceedingly   
   so that they will be too many to count."   
   11 Then the angel of the Lord said to her,   
   "You are pregnant   
   and will bear a son.   
   You shall call his name Ishmael,   
   because the Lord has heard your affliction.   
   12 He will be a wild man;   
   his hand will be against every man,   
   and every man's hand will be against him.   
   And he will dwell   
   in the presence of all his brothers."   
   13 Then she called the name of the Lord that spoke to her,   
   "You are the God who sees," for she said,   
   "Have I now looked on Him who sees me?"   
   14 Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi.   
    It is between Kadesh and Bered.   
   15 So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the son she bore Ishmael.   
    16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.   
      
   (Ishmael is the father of the Arab race)   
      
   Genesis 16   
   [1] Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an   
   Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.   
   [2] And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from   
   bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain   
   children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.   
   [3] And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had   
   dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to   
   be his wife.   
   [4] And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she   
   had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.   
   [5] And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid   
   into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in   
   her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.   
   [6] But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as   
   it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her   
   face.   
   [7] And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the   
   wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.   
   [8] And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt   
   thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.   
   [9] And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and   
   submit thyself under her hands.   
   [10] And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed   
   exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.   
   [11] And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child,   
   and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath   
   heard thy affliction.   
   [12] And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and   
   every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his   
   brethren.   
   [13] And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest   
   me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?   
   [14] Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between   
   Kadesh and Bered.   
   [15] And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which   
   Hagar bare, Ishmael.   
   [16] And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to   
   Abram.   
      
   GENESIS 17   
   The Covenant of Circumcision   
   1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old,   
   the Lord appeared to him and said,   
   "I am Almighty God. Walk before Me and be blameless.   
   2 And I will make My covenant between you and Me   
   and will exceedingly multiply you."   
   3 Abram fell on his face and God said to him,   
   4 "As for Me, My covenant is with you,   
   and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.   
   5 No longer will your name be called Abram,   
   but your name will be Abraham,   
   for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.   
   6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful;   
   and I will make nations of you,   
   and kings will come from you.   
   7 I will establish My covenant between Me   
   and you and your descendants after you   
   throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant,   
   to be God to you and your descendants after you.   
   8 All the land of Canaan, where you now live as strangers,   
   I will give to you and to your descendants for an everlasting possession,   
   and I will be their God."   
   9 Then God said to Abraham,   
   "As for you, you shall keep My covenant,   
   you and your descendants   
   after you throughout their generations.   
   10 This is My covenant,   
   which you shall keep,   
   between Me and you   
   and your descendants after you;   
    every male among you shall be circumcised.   
   11 You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskins,   
   and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.   
   12 Every male throughout every generation   
   that is eight days old shall be circumcised,   
   whether born in your household   
   or bought with money from a foreigner   
   who is not your descendant.   
   13 He who is born in your house   
   and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised.   
   My covenant shall be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.   
   14 Any uncircumcised male whose flesh of his foreskin   
   is not circumcised shall be cut off from his people.   
    He has broken My covenant."   
   15 Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife,   
   you will not call her name Sarai,   
   but her name will be Sarah.   
   16 I will bless her and also give you a son by her.   
   I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations.   
   Kings of peoples will come from her."   
   17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said in his heart,   
   "Shall a child be born to a man that is a hundred years old?   
   Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?"   
      
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