The Bible Story - Abraham Gives Up His Son - Basil Wolverton - May 1959

Basil Wolverton

After the destruction of the cities on the plain of Jordan, Abraham moved southward to a land called Gerar. Just as God promised, a son was born to Abraham and Sarah. An angel had already told them to name the baby Isaac. Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac was born. Sarah was ninety years old. (Genesis 21:1-3.) In those days it was a custom to hold a feast in honor of a child between two and three years old. Therefore, when Isaac was that age, Abraham held a great feast because his son, Isaac, had grown out of babyhood and into a little boy. Abraham had become an important and respected man in the land. No doubt he invited many other important men to the feast - quite likely even the king of Gerar. When Hagar and her son Ishmael saw what great attention Isaac was receiving from so many people, they were jealous. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library