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GENESIS
21. How does the legal background reflected in this story
conform to the actual time element?
22. Explain how the stories of Ishmael and Isaac have to
do with the law of inheritance in the Patriarchal Age.
23. What caused Hagar to flee from Sarai’s presence?
24. What is indicated by the direction af Hagar’s flight?
Explain what was meant by “the way to Shur.”
What and where is the Negeb?
25. Describe the theophany which occurred at “the foun-
tain of water.”
26. Discuss fully the problem of the true identity of the
Angel of Jehovah (Yahwe) ,
27. What interpretation of this title is in greatest accord
with Biblical teaching as a whole?
28. Cite other Scriptures in which this Personage is pic-
tured as taking a prominent role.
29. What reasons have we for not thinking of Him as
a created being?
30. What reasons have we for thinking of Him as a pre-
incarnate manifestation of the Eternal Logos?
31. What was the threefold revelation of the Angel to
Hagar? Explain the Angel’s question, command, and
promise, respectively.
32. State the details of the prophetic statement concern-
ing Ishmael and his seed.
33. What did Hagar learn from this visit of the Angel
of the Lord?
34. What did Hagar name this famous well? Explain
what the name means? What is its probable location?
3 5. Where did Hagar go, following the Angel’s visit?
36. Show how the Angel’s statement regarding the destiny
of Ishmael’s seed is fulfilled throughout history and
even in our own time.
37. What is occurring today between the seed of Ishmael
and Isaac’s seed?
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