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The four narrative blocks which comprise Genesis are prefaced by statements (“Announcements”) which suggest ways in which the ensuing stories are likely to develop. The author concludes that the announcements influence their narratives in many different ways and that they are misleading indicators of how plots will develop. Genesis is more concerned to present the ironies of human motive and...

ends Abraham tells the lie that Sarah is his sister.1 This results in Abraham’s life being spared and the only cost is that his wife enters the Pharaoh’s harem and is forced, as it appears, to commit adultery!2 Actually, the costs were probably higher. One wonders how many ladies worthy of the high calling of joining the Pharaoh’s harem would ever leave the palace. All things being equal, when Sarah joined Pharaoh’s household, it would be the last time she would see Abraham. But, as far as Abraham
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