sealchan
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After his brother Joseph had been sold into slavery and the lie he implicitly backed up told to his father that Joseph was dead, Judah leaves his brothers and pursues the start of his own family. He has three sons but the first two die due to some influence related to the wife that Judah had procured for his firstborn son whose name was Tamar. Tamar dupes Judah into giving her a son by disguising herself as a prostitute. She has twins whose birth order is complicated by the assumption that a hand stuck out first would belong to the firstborn.
Here is a Know Your Bible challenge...how many examples in Genesis 1 - 38 can you find where a woman, with God's direct or indirect blessing or support, plays a trick on someone else resulting in a significant outcome? I count roughly 8 such occurrences.
Why is the tricksy woman, in line with God's will, such a frequently recurring motif in Genesis?
Here is a Know Your Bible challenge...how many examples in Genesis 1 - 38 can you find where a woman, with God's direct or indirect blessing or support, plays a trick on someone else resulting in a significant outcome? I count roughly 8 such occurrences.
Why is the tricksy woman, in line with God's will, such a frequently recurring motif in Genesis?