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GENESIS CHAPTER 21
God visits Sarah; she conceives and bears a son, Gen_21:1,2. He is named Isaac, Gen_21:3; circumcised the eighth day, Gen_21:4. Sarah’s joy and thanks, Gen_21:6,7. Abraham makes a feast at the weaning of Isaac, Gen_21:8. Ishmael mocks; Sarah sees it, Gen_21:9. She complains to Abraham, and desires to have him cast out, Gen_21:10. Abraham is grieved, Gen_21:11. God commands it; the reason, Gen_21:12; promises a blessing to Ishmael for his sake, Gen_21:13. Abraham sends Hagar and her son away; they wander in the wilderness, are like to perish for want of water, Gen_21:14-16. God calls to her, Gen_21:17; repeats his promise to Ishmael, Gen_21:18; opens her eyes; she sees a well, Gen_21:19. They dwell there, and Ishmael is an archer, Gen_21:20; marries an Egyptian, Gen_21:21. Abimelech convinced that God was with Abraham, desires a covenant, Gen_21:22,23. Abraham consents, Gen_21:24. Abimelech’s servants having taken a well from him, Abraham reproves him for it, Gen_21:25. He pleads ignorance, Gen_21:26. Both of them make a covenant, Gen_21:27-32. Abraham plants a grove, and calls on the Lord the everlasting God, Gen_21:33,34.
The Lord visited Sarah, i.e. performed his gracious promise of giving her strength to conceive and bear a child. God’s visitation of a person in Scripture use, is the manifestation and execution of his purpose or word towards that person, and that either for evil, and so it is an inflicting of evils threatened, as the word visiting is used, Exo_20:5 Psa_59:5; or for good, and so it is used for the actual giving of mercies promised, as here, and Gen_50:24 Exo_4:31 Rth_1:6.