“And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.”
His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. And they lived in hostility toward all the tribes related to them. The geographical settlement and the relational hostility together fulfill the prophecy of Genesis 16:12. The wild donkey of a man, living in tension with everyone around him — the prophecy has become the history. The application: the honest prophecy that announced both Ishmael's independence and his hostility was kept in both its dimensions. What God says about the future is precise.
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