Genesis 25 Abraham had other wives and concubines. They had children, but Isaac was Abraham’s favorites. He gave stuff to his other sons, but he sent them away from Isaac to live in the east. I assume to keep Isaac safe from them. Not very confident parenting. Abraham dies, and Isaac and Ishmael (he’s back) bury …
Genesis 24 Now Abraham is getting pretty old, and he wants to be sure his son gets a good wife. So, he has one of his servants swear an oath that he will get a wife for Isaac from Abraham’s own clan, not from among the Canaanites, and that Isaac must not go back. Abraham says …
Genesis 23 This is a cute little story of Abraham wanting to bury Sarah, who died at 127 years old. Loss of your wife is always sad, but she lived a LONG time, so I hope it wasn’t too sad for him. This story just seems to be a little vignette about Abraham wanting to buy the …
Genesis 22 Holy CRAP! (Pun intended) So God tests Abraham, which is kind-of a shitty thing to do in the first place, but the test is KILL YOUR OWN SON!?! And he passes the test by actually INTENDING TO GO THROUGH WITH IT! There is absolutely NOTHING redeeming in this chapter. I don’t care how awesome …
Genesis 21 God finally gets around to giving Sarah a son (see Gen 18). Abraham named him Isaac and they were happy. Ishmael makes fun of Isaac, and for that Sarah wants them gone. Not bad enough that she enslaves them and hates Hagar for doing what Sarah told her to do. No. She doesn’t think they …