Thread by @Elishabenabuya

[Sarai thread]

Let's talk about Sarah, who is first appears in Genesis 11 as Sarai.

The text gives very little information about her.

And many people assume that in Chapter 12, she is 65 years old.

But is she?

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The first time we have ANY reference about her age is many chapters later in a tale about a miraculous birth.

It is an often used error to assume that the details in one story by one author will carry over into other stories by other authors.

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But nowhere in chapter 12 do we have any indication that she is anything but the most beautiful and desirable woman in all of Egypt.

That men would be falling all over themselves to sleep with her seems to indicate a young, rather than an old women.

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As an interesting side-point, the Hebrew word "na" can mean "please" or "now", and there have been some interesting interpretations.

Did Abram not know how gorgeous his wife was before this? Or was he begging her to lie for him, lest they kill him?

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The story of the protagonist duping the innocent wealthy king and getting spoils from the deception occurs three different times with minor differences in each.

The most likely scenario is that these are three different versions of the same story.

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