Abraham &Sarah (Claire)

Ian & Pam Dorion dorioni@ipa.net
Fri, 5 Dec 1997 23:05:17 -0600 (00881406317, 199712060506.XAA17845@siren.ipa.net) 

IAN

> << Again, when Sarah is 89 years of age and Abraham 99 years of age, at a



>  time when they both fall on their faces laughing at God for saying Sarah



>  would get pregnant, they again pawn her off on king Abimelech as 

>  Abraham’s virgin sister. The Catholic Encyclopedia sort of glossed over 

>  this, not mentioning her advanced age in the same breath as being taken 

>  by king Abimelech and getting pregnant. You haven’t quoted your 

>  commentary on this fiasco.

>  

>  Then according to the story, Sarah does get pregnant and has Isaac at 

>  age 90 which is certainly a large pill to swallow.

>  

>  Later we have Sarah and Abraham sending Hagar and Ishmael away with just



>  a jug of water and a loaf of bread even though Abraham was rich, rich, 

>  rich (great family values). One has to remember that Abraham was 86 

>  years old when Ishmael was born, 100 years old when Isaac was born, and 

>  Isaac was just weaned, which would make him three years (perhaps only 

>  two) old. That makes Ishmael 17 (16?) years old unless my math is wrong.



>  At any rate, when Hagar runs out of water, she tosses 17 year old 

>  Ishmael under a bush because she could not bear to see the poor babe 

>  die. Oh how it tears at my heart. >>

> 


MS FITT

> I do not want to interupt your argument but there is a small item you are



> leaving out of the conversation and that is Gen. 25 : 1-4 

> if we believe that after sarah died that old Abe had 6 sons the whole

story

> gets a little more life placed into it. dosent it. I would come closer to

> believing

> the version in 1 Chronicals 1 : 32- 34.

> Anyway you cut it this just isnt much of a representative of any god or

gods 

> that I want to place in charge of my next life, ( should I have one)  


IAN
Hi Ms Fitt. I agree with what you say. The story is so idiotic that the
Catholic Encyclopedia even admits it is absurd. Of course, I haven't gotten
to 1Chr. 1:32-34 as yet. It was all I could do to get through the books of
Moses. I did start Joshua but my family values aren't up to those
standards. What you were commenting on was written for Claire and her Bible
study that seems to think it was perfectly acceptable for Sarah to be taken
into Pharaoh's house as Abe's virgin sister at 65 years of age.
Ian Dorion (aka Edwin Edwards O'Toole; Bastard Prince of all Arabia)
Good Christians make good Nazis