{"id":142850,"date":"2026-01-28T06:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142850"},"modified":"2026-01-28T18:03:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:03:39","slug":"from-the-morning-bible-readings-1650","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142850","title":{"rendered":"From the morning Bible readings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Now Sar\u2032ai, Abram\u2019s wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar;&nbsp;and Sar\u2032ai said to Abram, \u201cBehold now, the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;has prevented me from bearing children; go in to my maid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.\u201d And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sar\u2032ai.&nbsp;So, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, Sar\u2032ai, Abram\u2019s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.&nbsp;And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress.&nbsp;And Sar\u2032ai said to Abram, \u201cMay the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my maid to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;judge between you and me!\u201d&nbsp;But Abram said to Sar\u2032ai, \u201cBehold, your maid is in your power; do to her as you please.\u201d Then Sar\u2032ai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The angel of the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.&nbsp;And he said, \u201cHagar, maid of Sar\u2032ai, where have you come from and where are you going?\u201d She said, \u201cI am fleeing from my mistress Sar\u2032ai.\u201d&nbsp;The angel of the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;said to her, \u201cReturn to your mistress, and submit to her.\u201d&nbsp;The angel of the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;also said to her, \u201cI will so greatly multiply your descendants that they cannot be numbered for multitude.\u201d&nbsp;And the angel of the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;said to her, \u201cBehold, you are with child, and shall bear a son; you shall call his name Ish\u2032mael;&nbsp;because the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;has given heed to your affliction.&nbsp;He shall be a wild ass of a man, his hand against every man and every man\u2019s hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.\u201d&nbsp;So she called the name of the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;who spoke to her, \u201cThou art a God of seeing\u201d; for she said, \u201cHave I really seen God and remained alive after seeing him?\u201d&nbsp;Therefore the well was called Beer-la\u2032hai-roi;&nbsp;it lies between Kadesh and Bered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;Genesis 16:1-14<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">Guten Morgen und einen sch\u00f6nen Mittwoch w\u00fcnsche ich euch!<br><br>Winter ist ja eines der Dinge, die ich nur theoretisch aus der Ferne liebe &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Winter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Winter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AefLIT3vIZ\">pic.twitter.com\/AefLIT3vIZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Thomas Stiegler (@StieglerThomas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StieglerThomas\/status\/2016396838450995623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now Sar\u2032ai, Abram\u2019s wife, bore him no children. 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