The New Kid In The Block: Isaac

Genesis 21

So we continue with the long lasting Abraham. Since he lives so much and he is so special to Lord God, now he has another mission. This time, Sarah, will bare him a child, at old age. Not considering that the risk of dying is really high, and that both are extremely old and wrinkled, God wants form them another child. As if there were not enough annoying children in the world. "And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him".(Gen.21 5)Now, the new son which is kind of freaky since their parents are like his grandparents, he is now Isaac.

Abraham reminds me of my grandfather of ninety four years old. Obviously by the time he got married he wasn't that old, but he was old. He is twenty five years older than my grandmother, and still, they got married and they have six children and like thousands of grandchildren, us included. But the point here is not the children, but when did he had them. He was forty five years old when he was married, and incredibly, his last child was when he was like sixty! Seriously, it is like giving birth to his own grandchild. Freaky.

So Isaac grows, and keeps growing. As Abram was commanded, he should circumcised his boy. Awkward in one way. "And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him'.(Gen. 21 4)I saw the definition, and ended up freaked.
Even so, they also forgot about someone very important, Ishmael. It is true he is not the son of Sarah, but he is son of Abraham. He like forgot about him, since now Isaac is the favorite one. "And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called".(Gen.21 12)Favoritism is not good. It almost provoked the death of the little lad."And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept".(Gen.21 16)