1)

What is the significance of "ve'Gam," which always comes to include?

1.

Seforno: This is another reason for Avraham not to be perturbed at sending Yishmael away - since he was (genetically) not his son, but the son of a slave. 1

1

Refer to 21:12:1:1.

2)

Why did HaSh-m tell Avraham that he would turn Yishmael into a nation because he was his offspring?

1.

Seforno: Because Yishmael was not worthy of becoming a nation in his own right, 1 only because he was Avraham's (biological) son.

1

See also Targum Yonasan, who translates as 'a nation of robbers.'

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