Genesis 22
God pranks Abraham hardcore. God is really insecure.
22:1 God tells Abraham to take Isaac "thine only son" (wtf about Ishmael?) and sacrifice him. Abraham did as he was told, and took Isaac into the mountain to be sacrificed. He even made him carry the wood that they would use to burn him.
22:7-12 Isaac asks Abraham where the lamb is for the burnt offering. Abraham tells him God will provide a lamb, knowing all along he intends to sacrifice Isaac. When they got to the place God had designated, he tied Isaac up and just as he was about to kill him, an angel stepped in, telling him not to kill Isaac, that it was only a test to see if he was God-fearing. We're back to human sacrifices again (Genesis 9:5). What kind of god needs to test the devotion of their followers in this way? How insecure is he, exactly? If a man told his son, "Kill your infant son to prove how much you love me," we would think it's sick. Why, then, is this story heralded as one of the great stories of faith? Wrong is wrong.
22:13-14 Abraham sees a ram tangled in a bush and sacrifices it instead of Isaac. He names the location Jahovajireh.
22:15 The angel appears again and God tells Abraham that because he was going to do what he was told, he's going to give him many descendants. A bunch of people then have kids.
Genesis 23
Sarah dies.
23:1-20 Sarah dies at the age of 127. Abraham asks the locals if he can have a place to bury her. They tell him he can bury her in any of the tombs. Abraham offers to buy the tomb he wants from it's owner, but the owner insists instead that he give Abraham the tomb and the field it's in. Abraham insists, and pays 400 shekels in silver.
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