Genesis 25-26

[wolfpurplemoon]

Not much of note in these two verses, Abraham dies at 175 and his son, Ishmael, by the handmaid dies at 137.

* Abraham takes a new wife after his first, Sarah, dies, and despite being well over 100 he has several more sons.

* Isaac's wife Rebekah is barren like his mother, but the lord gives her twin boys and they fight in the womb (what?!). The twins parents each choose a favourite, it's nice that they have favourites between their children...

* One of the boys, Esau, takes two wives, more proof that the 'long' tradition of marriage being solely defined as a union between one man and one woman is well supported by the bible...

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I just opened up your blog and was interested to read what you thought. I noticed that you are quite concerned with the "Values" that you find in the Bible. The Old Testament is full of war, death, famine, and everything else that seems horrible in life. But the reason that it is put in the Bible is to show us lessons of how we should NOT live our lives. You see if the Bible was full of perfect people and perfect lives and events then it would be a FALSE doctrine. Instead it shows us of how God can use REAL people in REAL events. Each story protrays a lesson, but God wanted ALL the facts to be present. We are not supposed to focus on what the "people" have done, but what Jesus has done. I am a Christian who knows that HUMANS make mistakes everyday! That is why we NEED Jesus. As you read on, the New Testament shows and explains so much more!