It promised to add something to his life.
Abram should have known that Sarai’s plan was flawed from the beginning. God is the initiator and the consummator of this promise. There is not a hint that any part of the blessing depends on Abram. God reiterated the blessing several times. Abram is Adam all over again.ĭoes Abram know God will provide the means of acquiring the promised blessing? I should hope so. But the story draws the parallel in ways we can’t miss. In the process, Abram treats Hagar just like a piece of fruit. This is not pleasing to YHWH.” They don’t utter a word. And both men consume what their wives give them. So, Sarai takes and gives Hagar to Abram, in the same way (and with the same words) that Havvah took and gave the fruit to Adam. Hagar has the potential to provide something missing. Hagar is the forbidden fruit! Havvah recognized the forbidden fruit was good for food, pleasant to the eyes and could provide something that was missing. This intentional similarity highlights another aspect of the story. They are acting just like Adam and Havvah. It looks like we can hardly claim Abram and Sarai were chosen for their righteousness. Apparently the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree. Genesis deliberately recalls the fundamental disobedience of human beings in this story about the first parents of the faithful. God uses the same phrase when He confronts Adam.
The Hebrew phrase yishma lekol in this verse in not an accidental choice of words. Listened To The Voice – Ah, now you see the connection. Please go in to my maid perhaps I will obtain children through her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. So Sarai said to Abram, “Now behold, the LORD has prevented me from bearing.
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