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Genesis 1
8:1-15; 21:1-7

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bulletReading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser. (Genesis 18:1-15)
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser. (Genesis 21:1-7)
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc. (Genesis 18:1-15)
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc. (Genesis 21:1-7)
bulletThe Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries. Chapter 21.
bulletThe World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons. Chapter 21.
bulletBereshit 18: Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic, JPS.
bulletBereshit 21: Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic, JPS.
bulletHistorical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bullet Navigating the Bible: Text/Rabbinic commentary and Divrei Torah.
bullet Chapter LVI, Chapter CXXVI, Dialogue With Trypho, Justin Martyr. (c 160)
bullet IV.VII.4, IV.X.1, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
bullet Chapter XXVI, On Prayer Tertullian (c. 199)
bullet III.10, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
bullet V.12, VI.12, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
bullet Chapter III, On the Flesh of Christ, Tertullian (c. 211)
bullet Chapter X, Against Praxeas Tertullian (c. 213)
bullet I.2, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320).
bulletFrom Calvin's Commentary on Genesis. Chapter 21.
bullet"Sarah, truly, in order to make amends for the doubt to which she had given way, now exultingly proclaims the kindness of God, with becoming praises."
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes. Chapter 21.
bullet"She accuses herself of ingratitude, that she did not believe the angel."
bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary. Chapter 21.
bullet"[Isaac] was in this a type of Christ, that Seed which the holy God so long promised, and holy men so long expected."
bulletFrom Wesley's Notes. Chapter 21.
bullet"And it adds to the comfort of any mercy to have our friends rejoice with us in it."
bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). Chapter 21.
bullet"God was acknowledged in the name which, by divine command, was given for a memorial (compare Ge 17:19), and also in the dedication of the child by administering the seal of the covenant (compare Ge 17:10-12)."
bulletContemporary References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bullet Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet"Commentary on Genesis 18:1-15; 21:1-7: Third Sunday After Pentecost (Year A)," by Dennis Bratcher at the Christian Resource Institute.
bullet"More so than may other passages of Scripture, this reading must be placed within its literary context in Genesis. The tensions that emerge from the unfolding journey of Abraham as he received the promise of God, struggled to live under and toward that promise, and then as he finally embraced the God of the promise are the heart of the larger narrative of which this reading is a part."
bullet Genesis 18:1-15; 21:1-7, Pentecost 4, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet"...scholars have proposed different recurring literary patterns such as sin, speech, punishment - Gen 1-3, 4, 6-9,11 (Westermann) in Gen 1-11: von Rad includes forgiveness: sin, speech, forgiveness, punishment. Whether one wants to go along with any of the above suggestions about the literary divisions or patterns in Gen 1-11, there is almost unanimous agreement that there is a tightly formed literary pattern and we are meant read it as a unity."
bullet "Sarah: on Laughter and Lying," The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation.
bullet"I take genuine comfort in knowing that my own doubts and denials, the lies I tell myself to rationalize my disbelief, and the times that I scoff at the likelihood of divine intervention in my puny affairs, are not only standard fare for normal human nature, but also the unwieldy material of God's salvation history."
bullet "Preaching Stories of Family Origins: Readings from the Book of Genesis," lectionary reflections for June, Rev. Dr. Ronald J. Allen, The Living Pulpit, 2008.
bullet Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Faith in the Old Testament: Pentateuch and Prophets for Pentecost, Mark Hillmer, Word & World Texts in Context, 1998.
bullet"In a year Sarah conceived and bore a son. Her cynical laughter turned to the laughter of faith."
bullet "Sarah Is Promised a Son," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
bullet "Promise Keeper," Prince Raney Rivers, The Christian Century, 2002. Religion Online.
bullet"Stock analysts were endorsing corporations even though they knew that the corporations would soon crumble into bankruptcy. Who can you trust? We can trust God. Our confidence rests in knowing that the promises God makes to us are connected to God’s presence with us."
bullet "Abraham Welcomes the Lord," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel.
bullet"Abraham did not hesitate to welcome strangers. And through his welcome, Abraham received the Lord and his promise. How can we be gracious to others and open to the Lord?"
bullet "Welcome, Strangers," Expository Essay, Genesis 18:1-10, Dr. William R. Long.
bullet"Sometimes it happens in life that you receive the gift you so much desire only after you have extended yourself in another area."
bullet"Marks of Maturity," (18:1-15) from the Biblical Studies Foundation.
bullet"The delay in the birth of Isaac was intended both to necessitate and to nurture the faith of Abraham and Sarah."
bullet"What Happens when Christians Mess Up?" (21:1-7) from the Biblical Studies Foundation.
bullet"The next verses seem to confirm my suspicion that Abraham was not ecstatic about Isaac, at least not nearly as much as his wife."
bulletParshas Vayera from The Project Genesis Torah Study. Index to numerous articles and studies on Genesis 18:1-22:24.
bulletParshat Vayeira, articles and commentary by the Jewish Community of Atlanta, at The Torah From Dixie.
bullet "Genesis 18:1-10a, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series C, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
bullet "The Birth of Isaac: Genesis 21:1-7," Wendell W. Frerichs, Word and World, 1994.
bullet "A Great Partner for a Great Endeavor," Torah Commentary by Wendy Amsellem. BeliefNet.
bullet"Along the way, Abraham learns that no one person has a monopoly on God's covenant, and that great endeavors require great partners."
bulletArticles & Background:
bullet "Aging with Hope and Wonder," Terry Thomas Primer, (other resources at) "Aging," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2003.
bullet"While television, radio, and print media champion the young as models of vision, vigor, and imagination, Scripture portrays quite another story."
bullet "Old and Full of Years," study guide for adults, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Aging," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2003.
bullet "A Family Affair," program highlights, discussion & reflection questions and more from the Bill Moyers PBS series Genesis: A Living Conversation.
bullet"Why doesn't the experience of being oppressed make it impossible for us to oppress others?"
bullet "Blood and Stone: Violence in the Bible & the Eye of the Illustrator," Barry Moser, CrossCurrents, Summer 2001.
bullet"...always, cohort and companion in these mythic or sacred stories, there is the preponderance, the vehemence, of violence."
bullet "Can Sarah Still Have Pleasure? A Cultural Critical Analysis of Genesis 18:12," Susan A. Brayford, Constructs of Ancient History and Religion Group, AAR/SBL, 1997.
bullet"It is not Sarah’s lack of faith that is the problem for YHWH; it is her thoughts of experiencing sexual pleasure in her old age and withered state. Such thoughts are hardly fitting or flattering for the earliest and most prominent matriarch of Israel. Moreover, they could be understood as a denial, not of faith, but of YHWH’s primeval construction of appropriate gender roles. Her focus on the pleasure associated with procreation, while being oblivious to the pain that YHWH built into childbearing, shows her subverting his prototypal punishment of women."
bulletA number of articles about Salt at Jewish Heritage Online Monthly.
bulletAbraham and Sarah, from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible.
bulletArticles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bulletAlston, Wallace M., Jr., "Genesis 18:1-11, Expository Article," Interpretation, 1988.
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bulletAmos, Clare, "The Genesis of Reconciliation: The Reconciliation of Genesis," Mission Studies, 2006.
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bulletArterbury, Andrew E., "Abraham's Hospitality among Jewish and Early Christian Writers: A Tradition History of Gen 18:1-16 and Its Relevance for the Study of the New Testament," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2003.
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bulletBailey, Wilma Ann, "Black and Jewish Women Consider Hagar," Encounter, 2002.
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bulletBolin, Thomas M., "The Role of Exchange in Ancient Mediterranean Religion and Its Implications for Reading Genesis 18-19," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2004.
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bulletBrenner, Athalya, "Female Social Behaviour: Two Descriptive Patterns within the 'Birth of the Hero' Paradigm," Vetus Testamentum, 1986.
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bulletBrown, William P., and John T. Carroll, "The Garden and the Plaza," Interpretation, 2000.
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bulletClassens, L. Juliana M., "Laughter and Tears: Carnivalistic Overtones in the Stories of Sarah and Hagar," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2005.
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bulletDoyle, Brian, "'Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Sodom's Door': The Function of GTH/DLT in Genesis 18-19," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2004.
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bulletDozeman, Thomas B., "The Wilderness and Salvation History in the Hagar Story," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1998.
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bulletEssex, Keith H., "The Abrahamic Covenant," Master's Seminary Journal, 1999.
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bulletFrerichs, Wendell W., "The Birth of Isaac: Genesis 21:1-7," Word & World, 1994.
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bulletGuenther, Allen, "A Typology of Israelite Marriage: Kinship, Socio-Economic, and Religious Factors," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2005.
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bulletHepner, Gershon, "Abraham's Incestuous Marriage with Sarah: A Violation of the Holiness Code," Vetus Testamentum, 2003.
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bulletHillmer, Mark, "Faith in the Old Testament: Pentateuch and Prophets for Pentecost," Word & World, 1998.
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bulletKaminsky, Joel S., "Humor and the Theology of Hope: Isaac as a Humorous Figure," Interpretation, 2000.
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bulletLeveen Adriane, "Reading the Seams," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2005.
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bulletLevine, Nachman, "Sarah/Sodom: Birth, Destruction, and Synchronic Tradition," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2006.
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bulletMbuwayesango, Dora R., "Childlessness and Woman-To-Woman Relationships in Genesis and in African Patriarchal Society: Sarah and Hagar from a Zimbabwean Woman's Perspective (Gen 16:1-16; 21:8-21)," Semeia, 1997.
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bulletMeyer, Lauree Hersch, "Hagar's Holines: Genesis 16 and 21," Brethren Life and Thought, 1992.
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bulletMoser, Barry, "Blood and Stone: Violence in the Bible & the Eye of the Illustrator," Cross Currents, 2001.
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bulletO'Connor, Kathleen, "Abraham's Unholy Family: Mirror, Witness, Summons," Journal for Preachers, 1997.
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bulletPappas, Harry S., "Deception as Patriarchal Self-Defense in a Foreign Land: A Form Critical Study of the Wife-Sister Stories in Genesis," Greek Orthodox Theological Review, 1984.
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bulletPatterson, Ben, "Keep on Laughing, Genesis 18 (Sermon)," Direction, 1989.
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bulletReynolds, Thomas E., "Welcoming without Reserve? A Case in Christian Hospitality," Theology Today, 2006.
 
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bulletRivers, Prince Raney, "Promise Keeper," The Christian Century, 2002.
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bulletRobinson, Robert B., "Wife and Sister through the Ages: Textual Determinacy and the History of Interpretation," Semeia, 1993.
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bulletSeeman, Don, "'Where Is Sarah Your Wife?' Cultural Poetics of Gender and Nationhood in the Hebrew Bible?" Harvard Theological Review, 1998.
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bulletShkop, Esther M., "And Sarah Laughed..." Tradition, 1997.
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bulletSteinberg, Naomi, "The Genealogical Framework of the Family Stories in Genesis," Semeia, 1989.
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bulletThompson, John L., "Hagar, Victim or Villain? Three Sixteenth-Century Views," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1997.
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bulletUmansky, Ellen M., "God's Covenant with Israel: A Midrash on Genesis 17 and 21," Reconstructionist, 1998.
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bulletUnger, John, "Faith in the Face of Doubt, Genesis 18 (Sermon)," Direction, 1989.
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bulletVogels, Walter A., "Hospitality in Biblical Perspective," Liturgical Ministry, 2002.
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bulletReviews:
bullet Review: Lothar Ruppert, Genesis, ein kritischer und theologischer Kommentar: 11,27 - 25, 18. Echter Verlag, 2002. Reviewed by David L. Petersen in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. (Review is in English.)
bullet Review: Tammi J. Schneider, Sarah: Mother of Nations. Continuum, 2004. Review by Carol Dempsey, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005.
bulletTaylor, Marion Ann and Heather E. Weir, eds., Let Her Speak for Herself: Nineteenth-Century Women Writing on Women in Genesis, Baylor University Press, 2006. Review by Frances Klopper, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
bulletSermons:
bullet "Something Too Wonderful," Barry Robinson, Keeping the Faith in Babylon, at at Richard J. Fairchild's Sermon & Lectionary Resources.
bullet "Is Anything Too Hard for God?" John Jewell, 1999.
bullet "Faith in the Face of Doubt," John Unger, Direction, 1989.
bullet "Keep on Laughing," Ben Patterson, Direction, 1989.
bullet "The Strangers in Our Midst," the Rev. Dr. Kathlyn James, Day 1, 1997.
bulletWith Children:
bullet "Abraham - Father of Many Nations," "Isaac," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
bullet The Story of Abraham and Sarah, activities & crafts for children, DLTK's Printable Crafts for Kids.
bullet "Surprise Company!" Linda Edwards, The Children's Chapel.
bullet "Child of Promise," Linda Edwards, The Children's Chapel.
bullet "Three Men Visit Abraham and Sarah," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
bullet "Isaac Is Born," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
bulletDrama:
bullet "We Are on Our Way," A Children's Drama Based on the Abraham Story, by Helen Walter, Reformed Worship.
bullet "Hear My Prayers," Nina Wallestad, Dramatic License. Conditions of Use.
bullet "Lot" monologue, Ross Olson.
bulletGraphics & Bulletin Materials:
bullet Clip Art, Genesis 18:1, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
bullet Clip Art, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
bullet What became of Lot's wife, House shopping Sarah, Fixer-Upper, Do something, What's your inspiration, Unsalted, Husbands of Minerals, Pass the uh..., The Good Ol' Days, Little Sodom, Reverend Fun Cartoon, gospelcom.net. Check for printing permissions at right-hand side of destination page.
bulletHymns and Music:
bulletAt Oremus Hymnal:
bullet All my hope on God is founded
Awake, my soul, and with the sun
Draw nigh and take the Body of the Lord
O God, beyond all praising
The God of Abraham praise
bulletHymns, midi files, scores at Blue Letter Bible/Cyber Hymnal:
bullet Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior
bulletFine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
bulletAbraham and the Angels
bulletMovies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
bulletStudy links and resources for the Book of Genesis