Abraham took another wife. I was reading Charles Swindoll's book on Abraham and I appreciated his thought on this part of Abraham's life. First, he was able to find love again. Second was that this time when he sent these sons away he made sure to be generous with them. How much of his sending Hagar away with nothing was his doing and how much was the influence of Sarah who said that Ismael should get nothing of Issac's, we don't know. However, what we see here is that Abraham did right this time. Why did he send them away? My thought is because he knew that Issac's descendants would inherit the land they were in and by sending them away he could try to ensure that future generations of his descendants wouldn't be in conflict. Whatever the reason Abraham did better
this time.
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