A few words on listening to your wife from Genesis 21.

Sarah told Avraham to take Hagar to fulfill HaShem's promise. She told him to help out the Creator of the Universe. Chavah told Adam to ignore HaShem's warning because she had sinned and not died. In both cases the couple doubt HaShem is true to His word and act on that belief. Curses come in the garden, but HaShem makes a provision for them and they go on living for a time. In the Land, Abraham and Sarah face consequences and strife, but they are ultimately blessed because of HaShem's promise. Sarah tempted Avraham to take Hagar, then she told him to reject her and her son. In this case, Avraham listened to his wife and was blessed. Hagar is a daughter of Ham and Ham had been cursed to be a servant to Shem and Yefet after his sin against his father Noah. In a way, Sarah and Abraham repented of their lack of faith in HaShem's promise by casting away Hagar and Yishmael and trusting that through Yitzchak alone would His promise to them be fulfilled. Here's a difficulty. Did Sarah know of the curse on Ham? Was she thinking about bloodlines and plotting and scheming in that way or did she simply offer her young Egyptian slave to her husband to be a surrogate mother? We don't know. The Toah is silent on the matter, but it is clear that she chose the wrong path and then sought to correct course after some time. Sarah asked Avraham to give up his first son to correct the matter and he did. Avraham would need that same type of strength in the future.

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