Did you know that after Sarah died,
“Father Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah - and she gave birth to six sons - Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah?” It appears one of the sons is the father of Sheba and Dedan. Part of the nations who are depicted in the 38th chapter of Ezekiel to follow in the wake of Gog - perhaps wanting to partake in the spoil? I don’t know. Abraham could have split his will amongst his sons, but he gave everything he owned to Isaac, God’s promised son. While Abraham was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east. This is interesting. Why would he send them east? Was he sending them to the land he came from? Was he sending them back to Babylonia? Abraham lived 175 years, then he breathed his last breathe. When he died, his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave he had bought for Sarah, from Ephron son of Zohar, just outside Mamre. After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi. Genesis 25:1-11 Hagar, the mother of Ishmael, the slave of Sarah, “gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: ‘You are the God who sees me,’ for she said, ‘I have now seen the One who sees me.’ That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi.” Genesis 6:13 Beer Lahai Roi literally means “the well of Him that lives and sees me” Hagar named the location because the Living God saw her situation and intervened to give her comfort and hope. May you remember that God sees our plight. That is why He promised the Son of Man to us. He has created a living well for us - a River of Life that can not run out. He sees you and He sees me. The question is “Do you see Him?”
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