528. … Before ever he [Abraham] obeyed God, and left his own kindred with Sarah, he put her under bonds to represent herself as merely his sister, to save his own life from all risk (Genesis 12:13)…
529. Sarah, at this period, lacked self-respect; and Abraham had [...]
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THE FOUNDING OF A CHRISTIAN FAMILY (continued)
Posted in Lesson68, tagged Abraham and Sarah, Hagar and Sarah, Hammurabi Code, Mosaic Law on June 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
LESSON 68.
THE FOUNDING OF A CHRISTIAN FAMILY.
(Continued.)
537. The legal requirements of King Hammurabi which Sarah obeyed read: “If a man has married a wife, and she has not granted him children, that woman has gone [shall go] to her fate [is to be divorced], if [...]