In most of these stories the men have more then one wife. Abraham did not have any children with his wife so he tries to bear children with the wife's mistress. Abraham's wife is fine with this and lets him do it, but then holds contempt for her and punishes her which forces her to leave. I find it interesting that the bible is talking about adultery which is usually considered a sin. In addition to this god commands that all of Abraham's children should be circumcised, I never knew that this was some that "God commanded". i think that it is strange. I also find it concerning that God is giving the ability to an older women to bear a child well into her 90's. She even laughs at this notion because of her age she does not think she is able to bear a child either. She then gives birth to Issac, which is not even medically possible because women go into menopause well into their 50's.
Abraham's wife is also not a nice women. She is telling her servant that she needs to leave with her son because the son of this women can not be heir with her son Issac. She seems to be very jealous and vengeful. then after this god decides to test Abraham and tell him to kill him and use him as a burnt offering. God is testing Abraham's loyalty to him. An Angel comes down from the heavens and tells Abraham not to murder his son because he now knows that Abraham fears God. I think that it is crazy that God is testing Abraham to see if he fears him. Makes me think that God seems a little crazy.
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