Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label The generations of

When God Speaks to Women - Part 4

Hello and welcome back to the Women’s Weekly Bible Challenge! I’m Lisa Ann Spencer. Today we are continuing our series, When God Speaks to Women , Part 4. Last week we introduced the next woman addressed by God, which is Hagar . At first it may seem strange that God would address an Egyptian handmaid.   However, if you consider the circumstances, it is not surprising.   When God speaks to Hagar, she is with child by Abram, the man to whom God, on three occasions, had made a promise regarding his seed possessing the land of Canaan before he ever had any children. Genesis 12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land : and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. And, Genesis 13:15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And, Genesis 15:4 … he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. And we read this remarkable statement: Ge...