Fr\u00e1sagnirnar af Abram og Sara\u00ed eru um margt \u00f3\u00fe\u00e6gilegar. Textinn \u00ed 1. M\u00f3seb\u00f3k er eins og oft \u00e1\u00f0ur ofinn saman \u00far tveimur mismunandi heimildum, \u00feannig vir\u00f0ast atbur\u00f0ir endurtaka sig, \u00feegar fari\u00f0 er fr\u00e1 einni fr\u00e1sagnarhef\u00f0inni til annarrar. Jafnframt ney\u00f0ir lestur textans mig til a\u00f0 takast \u00e1 vi\u00f0 st\u00f6\u00f0u Hagar og sonar hennar \u00cdsmael. S\u00ed\u00f0ast en ekki s\u00edst kallar textinn okkur til a\u00f0 velta fyrir okkur hva\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 merkir a\u00f0 nj\u00f3ta s\u00e9rstakrar blessunar Gu\u00f0s. Hvort a\u00f0 m\u00e9r takist gera \u00feessu g\u00f3\u00f0 skil \u00feegar \u00e9g skrifa mig \u00ed gegnum n\u00e6stu 11-12 kafla ver\u00f0ur s\u00ed\u00f0an a\u00f0 koma \u00ed lj\u00f3s.
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\nAbram og Sara\u00ed eru kynnt til s\u00f6gunnar \u00ed borginni \u00dar \u00ed lok 11. kafla og sagt a\u00f0 \u00feau hafi fylgt fj\u00f6lskyldu sinni til borgarinnar Harran \u00fear sem \u00feau settust a\u00f0 \u00fer\u00e1tt fyrir a\u00f0 upphafleg endast\u00f6\u00f0 hafi veri\u00f0 Kanaansland.
\nAbram \u00e1kve\u00f0ur \u00e1samt konu sinni a\u00f0 halda \u00e1fram eftir a\u00f0 hafa heyrt r\u00f6dd Gu\u00f0s og fara til landsins sem Gu\u00f0 hefur \u00e6tla\u00f0 honum, enda lofar Gu\u00f0 Abram a\u00f0 hann muni nj\u00f3ta blessunar. \u00dea\u00f0 sem e.t.v. er merkilegra er fullyr\u00f0ingin um a\u00f0 l\u00edf Abrams ver\u00f0i blessun allra \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0a.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g kem \u00f6rugglega inn \u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0 aftur \u00ed yfirfer\u00f0 minni um Gamla testamenti\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00feeir sem sag\u00f0ir eru nj\u00f3ta blessunar Gu\u00f0s \u00ed Gamla testamentinu eru sjaldnast valmenni e\u00f0a fyrirmyndir \u00feegar kemur a\u00f0 hei\u00f0arlegu l\u00edfi, h\u00f3gv\u00e6r\u00f0 e\u00f0a manng\u00e6sku. \u00dea\u00f0 er eins og ritstj\u00f3rar einstakra texta Gamla testamentisins s\u00e9u a\u00f0 segja okkur a\u00f0 meira a\u00f0 segja breyskir, \u00f3hei\u00f0arlegir, lygamer\u00f0ir og vafapapp\u00edrar geta leitt til g\u00f3\u00f0s og \u00e1 einhvern h\u00e1tt veri\u00f0 hluti af plani Gu\u00f0s.<\/p>\n
\u00deannig les \u00e9g fr\u00e1s\u00f6gu 12. kaflans um fer\u00f0 Abrams og Sara\u00ed til Egyptalands ekki sem fr\u00e1s\u00f6gn um m\u00f6gulega illsku Egypta e\u00f0a tilraun f\u00e1t\u00e6kra farandverkamanna til a\u00f0 “meika” \u00fea\u00f0 \u00ed fjandsamlegum heimi. Miklu fremur hlj\u00f3mar \u00feetta eins og sena \u00far Dirty Rotten Scoundrels<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fr\u00e1sagnirnar af Abram og Sara\u00ed eru um margt \u00f3\u00fe\u00e6gilegar. Textinn \u00ed 1. M\u00f3seb\u00f3k er eins og oft \u00e1\u00f0ur ofinn saman \u00far tveimur mismunandi heimildum, \u00feannig vir\u00f0ast atbur\u00f0ir endurtaka sig, \u00feegar fari\u00f0 er fr\u00e1 einni fr\u00e1sagnarhef\u00f0inni til annarrar. Jafnframt ney\u00f0ir lestur textans mig til a\u00f0 takast \u00e1 vi\u00f0 st\u00f6\u00f0u Hagar og sonar hennar \u00cdsmael. S\u00ed\u00f0ast en … Continue reading 1. M\u00f3seb\u00f3k 12. kafli<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[39,55,63,70,90,147],"class_list":["post-3007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lestur","tag-crap","tag-ethics","tag-family","tag-gods-plan","tag-interfaith","tag-storytelling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}