Genesis 21:10 - Exposition

Wherefore she said —though with an admixture of sinful feelings, non dubito arcane Spiritus instinctu gubernatam fuisse ejus linguam et mentem (Calvin); vide Galatians 4:30 — unto Abraham, Cast out— by some kind of legal act (as divorce: cf. Le 21:7, 14; 22:13; Isaiah 57:20 ), which should insure the disinheriting of Ishmael (Bush); though probably- this is to import later Mosaic legislation rote the records of primitive tunes— this bondwoman —a term ill befitting Sarah, who had given Hagar to her husband as a wife ( Genesis 16:3 )— and her son (who was Abraham's offspring, though not the promised seed; a consideration which should have mitigated Sarah's anger): for the son of this bondwoman (a repetition evincing the bitter ness of her contempt and the intensity of her choler) shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. Notwithstanding the assurance ( Genesis 17:21 ) that the covenant was made with Isaac, Sarah was apprehensive lest Ishmael should contrive to disinherit him; an act of unbelief into which she was manifestly betrayed by her maternal fears and womanly jealousy.