Further, one who follows the implications of a consistent Calvinistic interpretation would have to conclude that Ishmael was likewise hated and rejected by God before the creation of the world. However, Gen. 17:15–26 states, “Then God said to Abraham, ‘As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and indeed I will give you a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.’
