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    Today's Bible Reading June 4 2023

    New Testament: KJV
    Genesis
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    1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
    2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
    3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
    4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
    5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
    6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
    7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
    8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
    9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
    10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
    11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
    12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
    13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
    14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and women servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
    15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
    16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
    17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
    18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

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    Dig, I have a hard time with verse 13. It sounds to me that Abraham is willing to put Sarah into a position of having to sleep with someone other than him in order to protect himself from danger. I hope that I am reading this without understanding and if so please explain to me so that I have clarity to understand.

    It would seem that a husband who loves his wife would protect her from situations which could lead to infidelity.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 1Holeshot View Post
    Dig, I have a hard time with verse 13. It sounds to me that Abraham is willing to put Sarah into a position of having to sleep with someone other than him in order to protect himself from danger. I hope that I am reading this without understanding and if so please explain to me so that I have clarity to understand.

    It would seem that a husband who loves his wife would protect her from situations which could lead to infidelity.
    You are reading it correctly, and in our society we find this offensive. However, we need to set ourselves in their times, where those that were in power took whatever they wanted by whatever mean, even by killing, which in certain circles this does happen to this day. I strongly believe that their decision was one of those foolish ideas of self preservation where they failed to trust God and look to him for guidance before putting their foolish plan in action.
    Fortunately, God intervein to correct their grievous error, which is inline to the plan of having a child with the Egyptian maid.

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    Thank you for an excellent explanation!
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    You are very welcome. What I find interesting, God calls Abraham a prophet, even with all his faults, which to me seems like a precursor to our Lord Christ choosing of the apostles.

    'For God chose the weak to confound the mighty' 1 Corinthians 1: 27