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Biblical Hermeneutics

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    How does the fact that only Hagar was raising Ishmael at that time and the fact that the Abraham's seed would be called in Isaac nullify the fact that Ismael was still Abraham's son? Commented Jul 7, 2017 at 15:11
  • It was to reinforce the point that Ishmael, though a seed, was not in whom Abraham's seed would be named. Commented Jul 7, 2017 at 19:38
  • But the question was not about in whom the seed would be named, but rather about why the one in whom the seed would be made was called the only-begotten one while there had already been one born prior to him. Commented Jul 8, 2017 at 1:48
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    Pretty much it is along the lines as I mentioned. Ishmael was departed. Pulpit Commentary: thine only son - not ἁγαπητὸν (LXX.), but unigenitum (Vulgate), meaning the only son of Sarah, the only legitimate offspring he possessed, the only heir of the promise, the only child that remained to him after Ishmael's departure; Matthew Poole thine only son, not by birth, for so he had another, Ishmael; but this was his only son by Sarah, his first and legitimate wife; who only had the right of succession both to his inheritance, and to his covenant and promises; Commented Jul 14, 2017 at 15:31
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    Strong's Exhaustive Concordance darling, desolate, only child, son, solitary From yachad; properly, united, i.e. Sole; by implication, beloved; also lonely; (feminine) the life (as not to be replaced) -- darling, desolate, only (child, son), solitary. Commented Jul 14, 2017 at 18:25