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THE SON OF THE BONDWOMAN
Why do we say that this event was ill-conceived and
ill-timed?
Do you thinks that the Apostle’s statement in Acts
17:30 has relevance in respect to this event? Explain
your answer.
On what grounds are we justified in criticizing Sarai
and Abram for their hasty action?
How does this story point up the realism of the Bible?
What was Hagar’s sin following the awareness of her
pregnancy? How did Sarai and Abram react to
Hagar’s attitude?
Explain how archeological discoveries have substan-
tiated the details of this story. What do we learn
from the Code of Hammurabi that is revelant to it?
What do we learn from the Nuzi tablets?
What was Sarai’s attitude toward Abram at this
time? What was Abram’s reply?
Why do we say that Sarai used the Divine Name
irreverently (v. r) ?
How is Sarai’s treatment of Hagar variously in-
terpreted (v. 6) ?
Is it conceivable that Abram might have .been pre-
pared to accept Ishmael as the Child of Promise?
Explain your answer.
What does this incident teach us about the quality’of
genuine faith?
Was not the sin of Abram and Sarai .their failure to
await God’s own pleasure as to the fulfillment of His
promise? Explain,
What always happens when men presume to take
matters of Divine ordination into their own hands?
Explain how Leupold deals more leniently ‘with the
principals in this story.
How was childlessness regarded in patriarchal times?
Explain the special far-reaching significance of the
childlessness of Abram and Sarai.
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