Today's Reading:
Genesis 25:12-18
We finish up the Torah portion of Chayei Sarah with a brief account of Ishmael's line. We see a list of Ishmael's descendants, which includes twelve princes (Gen. 25:16), the fulfillment of G-d's promise to Abraham in Genesis 17:20.
Since Ishmael was not the covenant son, and was in fact born through Sarah and Abraham's method of "helping" G-d with His plan, G-d could have chosen to forget Ishmael altogether. But instead, G-d remembers His promise to Abraham and multiplies Ishmael's descendants and they are listed in the Torah record.
Yet the consequences of Abraham's choices did not die with Abraham. Just as G-d predicted to Hagar in Genesis 16:12, Ishmael's life and family line were marked by strife and dissension (Gen. 25:18).
My prayer today is that I would rely on G-d's wisdom and not my own.
Tomorrow: Haftorah: 1 Kings 1:1-31
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