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Ishmael is a sign of the works we try to accomplish through our fleshy ways. Isaac was a sign of the miraculous works God can perform despite us. Let us not be confused who was who.
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Mormons are led to believe through Joseph Smith’s prophecies in the Doctrine and Covenants that the promises sprang from Hagar and her seed. In section 132:34 it says; “God commanded Abraham, and Sarah gave Hagar to Abraham to wife. And why did she do it? Because this was the law; and from Hagar sprang many people. This, therefore, was fulfilling, among other things, the promises”.