The ANCESTORS FAMILIES series. Part II of 4. Artistic interpretation of the Torah in Michael Rogatchi Art. In between the first Jewish couple of Abraham and Sarah and the couples that their ...

In an act of cowardly favoritism, Abraham surrenders Hagar to the venomous anger of Sarah: “Behold, your maidservant is in your hands. Do to her anything that is pleasing in your eyes.”(16:6).

Some suggest the pain Sarah felt when Isaac was taken to be sacrificed was a measure of the pain that Hagar felt at leaving Abraham’s household. Younis: The Islamic tradition is quite different.

There are versions in which Isaac’s mother, Sarah, stops the sacrifice, and versions in which Isaac runs away. Bob Dylan’s Abraham thinks God is putting him on.

Their names are changed. The two of them are new people. The promise is repeated. They laugh at God’s promise. When Abraham cannot choose which of his two sons will inherit the spiritual estate (not ...

Previously, in verse 8, Abraham and Isaac had walked up the mountain together. But in verse 22, only Abraham returns. Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories ...