The Establishment of a Covenant People: The Promises of…
Genesis 21:22-34 The Covenant with Abimelech If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis, chapter 21 again. We’ll attend the second half of the chapter, beginning in verse 22. Genesis 21, beginning in verse 22. Hagar and Ishmael are long gone. And a lone son now grows in Abraham's house. The Lord in His grace provides a time and a place of stability for Abraham's sojourn. This passage tells us of the long-term settlement of Abraham in the area of Beersheba. And it also tells how God protected Him from those who might have disturbed that peace, disturbed that settlement and disturbed his household. Tonight as we look at Genesis 21, verses 22 through 34, we see in contrast to chapter 20, Abraham finding that God is indeed the shield that He promised to be.…