Steven (11:43:05 AM): i was reading genesis last night about abraham and sarah
Steven (11:43:15 AM): sarah gives abraham hagar to wife when she can't have any kids
Steven (11:43:21 AM): hagar gives abe a son
Steven (11:43:33 AM): then hagar and sarah have a falling out
Steven (11:43:42 AM): true to female genetics she blamed abraham
Steven (11:43:45 AM): my wrong be upon thee
Steven (11:43:59 AM): jacob wasnt the only one apparantly
Steven (11:44:25 AM): abraham's response is good too. he bucks responsibility cuz he doesnt want confrontation
Steven (11:44:30 AM): do with her as seems good to you
Steven (11:44:38 AM): so sarah beats abe's other wife
Steven (11:44:44 AM): she flees
Steven (11:44:55 AM): angel sez go back
Steven (11:44:59 AM): only to be run off again
Steven (11:45:02 AM): but this time for good
Steven (11:45:38 AM): other bits of humor i found
Steven (11:51:42 AM): sarah and abraham were both old but apparantly we have more then one instance when abraham tells sarah to say they are brother and sister so others wouldn't kill abraham to get sarah for themselves
Steven (11:51:58 AM): pharoph in egypt and a guy named abimelech
Steven (11:52:16 AM): back then, 90 was the new 30
Scott (11:53:24 AM): Do you have these thoughts every time you read the Old Testament?
Steven (12:45:10 PM): i dont get asked to answer to many questions in elders quorum
Steven (12:45:11 PM): why do you ask
Steven (12:45:35 PM): the bible is replete with humor you just have to know where to look for it
Scott (12:45:36 PM): It seems it would make the Old Testament even that much tougher to get through...
Steven (12:45:47 PM): meh
Steven (12:46:07 PM): its fun when the mind adds background depth to what's happening
Steven (12:46:18 PM): when the guy on the bed is let through the roof to be healed of the palsy
Steven (12:46:54 PM): if i was the guy who owned the house and had some strangers rip the roofing up i would be thinking it s a good thing that heysoos is a carpenter cuz theres a gaping hole the size of a bed in my roof...
I just read this part of the OT maybe two or three days ago. This just made me laugh, can't say I wasn't thinking along these same lines...
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