3b - first families I: abraham & sarah & hagar Flashcards
what is genesis 12-50 normally called?
the patriarchal narrative
what are some other ways that gen 12-50 could be renamed?
-ancestral narratives
-patriarchal and matriarchal cycles
-first families narratives
-family orgins
what does god call abram to do?
god calls abram to leave everything
what is a covenant?
-berit: originally meant shackle or chain; a binding agreement
-a relationship
challenges & tests: abraham and sarah
- a series of tests face abram and sarai
- they are promised blessings but they experience the opposite
what were some obstacles that abraham and sarah encountered?
pharaoh, infertility, hagar, “binding of issac”
what does abram say sarai is to him?
his sister when shes actually his wife
how is hagar treated and what do people say about her?
-hagar is treated as an object
-she is “the slave” and passed from sarah to abraham
-hagar is now identified as wife until sarah deems her a threat
-her status is demoted to “your slave-girl” by abraham
describe “runaway” (gen 16:6-16)
-a pregnant hagar escapes into the wilderness
-angel of the lord meets her there
-command to return & submit
-given a blessing and promise of offspring
what does hagar name god?
“El-roi”
who is issac?
the promised child
what is the akedah?
the binding of issac rather than the sacrifice of issac
what did god promise?
land, descendants and a blessing
why were each of the promises god made delayed?
land: already occupied
descendants: son issac but lineage is still not secured
blessing: gen 24:1 “and the lord has blessed abraham in all things”
what is the difference between first families and patriarchs?
first families: used to describe the earliest, foundational families in the bible
patriarchs: key figures in the foundational stories in the biblical tradition
