Genesis 25

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 …

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Genesis 23

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 …

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Genesis 21

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 …

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Genesis 20

Genesis 20 Abraham and Sarah move to Gerar. Abraham starts passing Sarah off as his sister… AGAIN? Anyone remember Gen 12? Here is the SIR post for that one. Being his “sister”, the king, Abimelek, takes her. Didn’t Abraham learn the first time?  What the heck did he think was going to happen this time? Maybe he …

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Genesis 18

Genesis 18 3 men, somehow connected to the Lord, but not clearly, show up in front of Abraham and he rushes about to take care of them.  He orders Sarah to make some bread, he has a boy kill a calf, and got some other stuff. One of the visitors mentions that Sarah will have a …

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