Abraham fails once more. Israel today, with all its troubles, bloodshed, and wars with the Arabs, is the result of Abraham’s use of Hagar. The Moslems today consider that the Arabs are descendants of Ishmael (Gen. 37:2727Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content. (Genesis 37:27)). Hagar had been brought from Egypt! Friendship with the world will bring us into much sorrow.
V.4-6 Into his family came misery, pride, jealousy, quarreling and injustice.
V.7-16 Yet how merciful God was to this poor woman!
V.14 She comes to the well “Beerlahoiroi,” which means, “the well of the living One who sees me.” When we sin, there is only One to Whom to go and confess — God (1 John 1:99If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)). But we may have to carry the results of our foolishness to the day of our departure from this world.