JUDAISM - Unit 5

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JUDAISM - Unit 5 Origins - The main characters: Abram and Sarai Abram lived in UR, Mesopotamia Abram lived a comfortable life Abram marries Sarai, Who is barren *In her marriage contract, she has the obligation to provide her husband, Abram, with a child. - Abram listens to a voice that tells him to leave home and go to where he will be told to settle (trust in the voice) The voice says that things gonna happened if he hears it A) He will be a father to many nations B) He will inherit the land - The land of Canaan - Covenant takes place between Abram and the voice - God - A covenant is an agreement between two parties - A covenant is a solemn and binding agreement between god and humanity - Every male be circumcised Abram —- Abraham Sarai —-- Sarah - Saraha turns to her maid, Hagar, and says: You are going to have a child with my husband in my name -Travellers come by and while in Abraham’s tent, indicate that Sarah will have a child within a year – has a child named Isaac- -Sarah gets jealous of Hagar and Ishmael and demands that Abraham “dispose” of them -Joseph’s brothers do not appreciate the fact that he is the favourite child and decide to kill him, but cann...