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Chapters 12-19

Chapters 12-19 had some interesting information, to say the least. There was much confusion. First of all, where do all the other people come in after the flood? Such as the people of Sodom. I thought Abraham lived to be 900+ years old, and so far he's in his ninety's and it seems like he's about to die. When his daughters get him drunk and sleep with him, are they his daughters or are they his 'step' daughters? It almost sounds like they're his step daughters cause they do it to "preserve seed of our father."

I did like the part about Abraham trying to defend Sodom. It makes it seem like while god already believes in the inherit evil in humanity Abraham is trying to defend the hidden goodness. Which makes it seem as if god doesn't have a divine plan that can NOT be changed. Because he sort of haggled with god saying things like "Peradventure there by fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?"

Genesis 12-19

-I underlined the part in Genesis 12 where Abram tells his wife Sarai to say that she is his sister not his wife so that they will not kill his to have her. Then when Pharaoh finds out he just commands them away.
I thought that this was strange Abram mad such a big deal over it and when Pharaoh finds out it’s so anticlimactic
- I also underlined in Genesis 16 where it talks about Sarai bares him no children but she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar
This is just so strange and confusing
-Finally I underlined at the end of Genesis 19 there it says that both the daughters of Lot with child by their father
The fact that the father a daughter had a kid together is not right

genesis 12-19

Genesis 13-16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. This is saying that I will make your descendants number the as large as the dust of the earth. Genesis 15-17 and it came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those peaces. In this the Lord is depicted as a smoking furnace and a torch, which seems weird. Genesis 18-25 he is saying to God how can you treat the inocent and the gilty the same.

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In 12-19, I was lost. Not unlike the rest of this literature. From circumcision for 12 verses to incest and so on. What does Beth-el mean? Then out of nowhere there is a chapter that rambles on about battles and names that are nearly impossible to pernounce. God then tells Abraham that he can multiply and every child he has should be circumcized. Why would cutting off the skin on the end of your dick prove your loyalty and commitment to god. What does Peradventure mean? I liked the quote "That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not Judge of all the earth do right?" Other than that this seems to be a glorified biblical soap-opera that does not intrest me. (not to sound pessimistic and angry)

hmmm

Through out genesis we have been able to at least for the most part been able to understand why whoever wrote this, wrote this, yet here i am somewhat failing to see a purpose in what is in genesis 12-19. First of all , what the hell is brimstone? Clearly it is some destructive force of great magnitude that god has power over, yet throughout the bible there is not description of what it is just its effects. Why don't we know what brimstone is? What could it be based off of? How could this be lost in transition. Also what is the point of writing about incest? i would understand if the children that Lot has with his daughters were cursed but here it doesn't seem to have any reprimand to incest. Why isn't the bible condemning incest in this section, because it does condemn it in the bible. This passage almost seem to be promoting it, because if its in the bible without consequence how can some one argue against doing it. Wasn't salt considered valuable back then, so then why would god turn Lot's wife into a pillar of valuable resources? why not just regular Rock? I also kinda feel like women are never birthed in the bible, they appear but it never says and she birthed before him a woman, its always sons. I understand the benefit of having a son but the women have to come from somewhere

hmmm