This morning I'm sitting here reading Genesis 22, one of the most memorable and foreshadowing events of the OT and at the end it's giving a short genealogy of Abraham's broheim (cause it sounds more Jewish than brother) and all of a sudden it says this as thought it was an afterthought...."Moreover, his (Abraham's brother Nahor) concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah."
Does it not seem a bit 'below board' that both the father of the Jewish faith and his broheim had children illegitimate children? and moreover that it seems that everyone knew based on the fact that it made the historical report!
I'd love to hear some thoughts on why this monster sin seems to be sort of glossed over. How come there's no record of God's anger about this? It must make the story line for a reason...I mean it's not just there to make us think...huh? wonder why that's there...
Your thoughts....please!
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I was blog surfing and found this one. I don't have the answer for your question, but I recently finished a Bible study on women in Christ's lineage and found that there are more examples along those lines. Specifically Tamar (Judah begot Perez and Zerah of Tamar) and Rahab (Salmon begot Boaz of Rahab) and David & Bathsheba (David, the king, begot Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah). You can look up some more info on each of the ladies if you aren't familiar with the stories. Tamar (a widow) posed as a prostitute and tricked her father-in-law Judah into sleeping with her. Rahab was the prostitute who helped Joshua take Jericho. Bathsheba was married to one of David's warrior leaders.
A bit of me thinks that God is showing he IS forgiving, and here are the stories to prove it.
If you believe that the Bible from beginning to end is literally true as we understand literally true today, and contains a full, accurate and relevant revelation of God's precise self disclosure and will for us today, then this sort of thing is a problem.
But if you believe that the Bible is progressive revelation, showing how God started where people were at way back then and progressively taught them and us who he is and what he wants from us, if you believe the New Covenant supersedes the Old, if you believe Jesus came to fulfill (which includes bring to an end) the law and the prophets, then you need not be troubled.
Right through the OT we find God apparently overlooking all sorts of wrong ideas and behaviour while being quite severe on other wrong. This isn't an isolated example. We need a view of God's revelation that is big enough to comprehend it all.
Them's some of my thoughts.
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