The angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. 16:9
Trivia: Which of the following women told her husband to have sex with her slave girl: Sarah, Rachel, or Leah?
The angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. 16:9
Trivia: Which of the following women told her husband to have sex with her slave girl: Sarah, Rachel, or Leah?
"The uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people." 17:14
An uncircumcised boy is to be abandoned by his parents and community.
"The LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven." 19:24
God kills everyone (men, women, children, infants, newborns) in Sodom and Gomorrah by raining "fire and brimstone from the Lord out of heaven." Well, almost everyone -- he spares the "just and righteous" Lot and his family.
"Swear ... that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites." 24:3
Abraham makes his servant swear that he won't let Isaac marry a Canaanite.
"Esau ... took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite." 26:34-35
Esau married two Hittite women, "which were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah." (Because they were Hittites -- not because he married two women.)
"if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth ... good shall my life do me?" 27:46
Rebekah told Isaac she was weary of living with the daughters of Heth (Hittite women). Her life will be worthless if Jacob marries one of them.
" Isaac called Jacob, and ... and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 28:1
Isaac tells Jacob not to marry a Canaanite.
"We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised." 34:14
Jacob's sons can't stand the idea of their sister marrying someone who is uncircumcised.
"And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him. 38:7"
What did Er do to elicit God's wrath? The Bible doesn't say. Maybe he picked up some sticks on Saturday.
"Onan ...spilled it on the ground ... And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.38:8-10
After God killed Er, Judah tells Onan to "go in unto thy brother's wife." But "Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and ... when he went in unto his brother's wife ... he spilled it on the ground.... And the thing which he did displeased the Lord; wherefore he slew him also." This lovely Bible story is seldom read in Sunday School, but it is the basis of many Christian doctrines, including the condemnation of both masturbation and birth control.
"Bring her forth, and let her be burnt."38:24
After Judah pays Tamar for her services, he is told that she "played the harlot" and "is with child by whoredom." When Judah hears this, he says, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt."
