17:19
God is not put off by our doubts, nor is He diverted from His plan by our doubts. So God reiterates that Sarah will bear a son, and Abraham is to name him Isaac. Isaac means “he laughs”, so he would be a reminder that Abraham considered Isaac to be an impossibility. And God’s promises, his covenant, would be established with Isaac and his descendants.
17:20
Now remember that Ishmael is a child born out of unbelief and disobedience, yet God does not neglect Ishmael, and does not discount Abraham’s emotional connection to him. Ishmael too will be blessed and will greatly increase. He too will be made into a great nation. We need to understand that God’s thinking and plans are far greater than ours, and very different from much of our thinking.
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