21.10.08
Those Promises
Now that Abraham has a posterity through Sarah, like God had promised, the promise of a land is coming true as well.
King Abimelech makes an oath with the now powerful and wealthy man, Abraham. The writer probably wanted to show dealings with kings to stress that power. As for the oaths, they indicate that the parties concerned made an oral agreement, witnessed by their god or gods that such and such would happen to them if they didn't keep the oath. Both parties here have learned to trust each other already.
Abraham obtains the well of Beer-Sheba. There will be an incident involving the King's men but Abraham owns the well as his dealings with the King -offerings- in that episode demonstrates.
He plants a tree and there he will worship God in the land of the Philistines. He will later obtain the land...
King Abimelech makes an oath with the now powerful and wealthy man, Abraham. The writer probably wanted to show dealings with kings to stress that power. As for the oaths, they indicate that the parties concerned made an oral agreement, witnessed by their god or gods that such and such would happen to them if they didn't keep the oath. Both parties here have learned to trust each other already.
Abraham obtains the well of Beer-Sheba. There will be an incident involving the King's men but Abraham owns the well as his dealings with the King -offerings- in that episode demonstrates.
He plants a tree and there he will worship God in the land of the Philistines. He will later obtain the land...
# poster: Mormon(s) of another kind at 18:42 
