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Genesis Comparing and Contrasting Genesis Essay
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Subject:Religion
Topic:Book Of Genesis
Document Type:Essay
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The details of the relationship between the mistaken 'husband' are explained as well, unlike Genesis 12, where Pharaoh is merely said to have taken Sarah, with no further explanation: "And God said unto him [Abimelech] in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her" (Genesis 20:6).
God defends Abraham in words, not simply in the presentation style of the story of Abraham: "he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live" (Genesis 20:7). If the king does not, he will die. The king goes to Abraham and again, in involved dialogue complains that he was not told of Sarah's real identity, and almost sheepishly, Abraham admits his fear: "Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake," as well as explains their relationship in more detail: "she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife" (Genesis 20:11-12).
Genesis 20 is a folktale -- the characters can change, the divine can be moved by human pleas and obedience (as well as displeased by human disobedience), the characters can apologize in dialogue and engage in give and take. In contrast, although it has the same plot of the sister-as-wife, Genesis 12 is more interested in showing how God will intervene to protect Abraham on earth, and to show this is a demonstration of God's plan for Abraham to be a father of Israel. Textual resonances with the later Mosaic covenant take predominance over character development, or even explaining basic details of the plot, like how Pharaoh understands the relationship between the…
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The King James Bible. Full e-text available on 2 Nov 2007 at http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2020;&version=9
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