Reading Diary A: Bible Women

(Delilah and Samson, by Lucas Cranach)

For the first part of the reading I was most fascinated about the story about Delilah. The story is about a woman named Delilah who falls for a man named Samson. Although, she does not really fall for him. She tricks him into falling for her just for money. When the Philistines come for Samson, she let them cut his hair while he was sleeping at her knees. Delilah then let the Philistines take Samson, and they took his eyes out and shackled him to take him to the prison house. This story was interesting because Delilah was very tricky. She used a man to get money, and Samson fell for her false affection. I feel you see that happen a lot today. People use each other for money, or they are willing to turn someone over for money. One thing that comes to mind is when people kidnap someone for ransom, and demand large amounts of money for their return. 

(Abraham and Hagar, by Guercino)

Another story in this first series of reading that I like is the story of Hagar. She was the maid of Sarah and Abram. Sarah was not able to bear a child, so she handed over Hagar to Abram to bear his child. After Hagar had Abram's child, Sarah was jealous of Hagar and dealt with her harshly. Because of this Hagar fled with her son, but eventually returned. When Sarah was finally able to bear a child, she had Abram send Hagar and her child, Ishmael away with only bread and water. When they ran out of water Hagar cried for her and her son. The Lord heard Hagar's cries and gave her water, and they made it to another city wear they settled. This story can relate to many situations today. The most obvious being the when men find themselves in a love triangle and have children from more than one woman and sometimes there is jealousy there and the father ends up abandoning one child to be with the other. 

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