The Relationship Between Abraham And Abram's Teachings

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Genesis 16:1-2 “Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not been able to bear children for him. But she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar. So Sarai said to Abram, “The Lord has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her.” And Abram agreed with Sarai’s proposal.” (NLT). Abraham and Sarah were at the land of UR when the Lord spoke to Abraham telling him to leave his home country and walk towards the land that He was going to give to him and his descendants. Abraham having faith packed up all his belongings and started walking without knowing where he was going. One-day God told Abraham that he was going to have a child with Sarah even though they were advanced in years, first he believed it but then started to doubt because many years …show more content…

After some years without seeing the promise in action Sarah decided to take matters into her own hands and offers her slave to sleep with Abraham to give him a child, without consulting God. Throughout the story you can see that Sarah respected and obeyed her husband. If he decided to do something or go somewhere she obeyed and followed because she loved him. They were able to have a good relationship because she was submissive to her husband. In the verse provided you can see that she wanted to please and bless her husband with children even if they were not her own. She was able to sacrifice sharing her husband with another woman so he can have a descendant.
Abraham gave in to her suggestion and slept with the slave woman and she became pregnant. While the slave woman is pregnant

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