…Because They’re Creepy
It would be a big book. The Bible has so many creepy parts! Funny how the ones that spring to my mind mostly have to do with women: Tamar, Rachel and Leah, Bathsheba. And why are we not all talking about Jephthah’s daughter all the time?
There’s also the TEEEESY bit about Abraham selling people his wife was his sister, collecting all the gifts the horny guys gave him so that they could have their way with her or marry her, then casually mentioning she was his wife and running off.
Nothing like running a con game and/or prostitution racket with your wife to bring out those romantic feelings…
It’s not quite that bad. It’s just that Sarai was famous for her beauty and Abram was afraid guys would kill him to get at her when they traveled through Egypt. The guy who ended up “marrying” her was the Pharaoh, so presumably Abram was afraid to tell him the truth, and then yeah, he got a bunch of stuff. Pharaoh put two and two together when his household was suddenly afflicted with plagues, and then he gave Sarai back in a hurry. But Abram wasn’t lying! She really was his sister!
Hmm, guess I have to reread that part. Its hard to keep 4500 year old soap operas straight! :D