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What was I supposed to tell him?<\/span><\/p>\n

That I live in the liminal space. That I was, as the opening verbose verse of the chapter reveals, \u201c<\/span>between<\/b> Kadesh and <\/span>between<\/b> Shur,\u201d not home in either, not even simply between Kadesh and Shur. That I live in between God\u2019s promise of \u201cthe entire land that you see will be yours,\u201d and the reality of my continued wandering. That I reside between the struggle of two women, my beloved wife and the mother of my child Ishmael. That I am stuck between the hope that my beloved Ishmael will succeed me in this covenant with God, and between God\u2019s word that Sarah will birth Isaac, and that the covenant will remain only with him.<\/span><\/p>\n

What was I supposed to say? What was I supposed to do?<\/span><\/p>\n

When you are in that liminal space that you do what you must to stay alive. When you are a wanderer, homeless and stateless, that you can\u2019t and don\u2019t trust the rules. You can\u2019t believe the government officials who come and question you. \u00a0You bend the truth, concocting the best story that you can to keep everyone alive, and then hope and pray that your family will be reunited. <\/span><\/p>\n

Why wouldn\u2019t <\/span>we<\/b> say that we are siblings?<\/span><\/p>\n

And to you dear reader, who is questioning my chivalry, wondering why I repeated this error, asking how I put my beloved Sarah in danger again, just remember that old habits die hard. That when we are threatened, we revert, and repeat our mistakes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Feel free to judge me harshly. Employ F. Scott Fitzgerald\u2019s words \u201cshow me a hero and I will write you a tragedy,\u201d but my family is back together. The tension remains, doubts still exist, but we are living safely and securely, a little closer to realizing God\u2019s promises. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":102329,"id":102329,"title":"-6214ed79eac79--6214ed79eac7agen14-genesis-abraham-intercedes-for-sodom.jpeg","filename":"6214ed79eac79-6214ed79eac7agen14-genesis-abraham-intercedes-for-sodom.jpeg.jpeg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/08\/6214ed79eac79-6214ed79eac7agen14-genesis-abraham-intercedes-for-sodom.jpeg.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/abraham-did-his-descendants-a-disservice\/6214ed79eac79-6214ed79eac7agen14-genesis-abraham-intercedes-for-sodom-jpeg\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"6214ed79eac79-6214ed79eac7agen14-genesis-abraham-intercedes-for-sodom-jpeg","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":36565,"date":"2022-02-22 14:04:41","modified":"2022-03-01 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