“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.”
God tells Abraham not to be distressed but to listen to Sarah, for it is through Isaac that his offspring will be reckoned. The divine endorsement of Sarah's demand confirms the covenant specificity: Isaac, not Ishmael. Romans 9:7-8 develops this — not all of Abraham's children are reckoned as his offspring; the children of the promise are counted as offspring. The application: God's covenant specificity does not eliminate his care for those outside the specific line, as the next verse makes clear.
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