Today’s reading started off with a bang. Abram goes to Egypt, and pretends his wife is his sister. The Pharaoh, in his ignorance, takes her as a concubine, and God punishes him for taking another man’s wife. This is as bad as Thebes being punished for Oedipus and Jocasta’s ignorance.

The other major events are the various children of God being granted great tracts of land, that people will then be able to fight about 4000 years later. Speaking of which, when are the Canarsees going to ask for my land back?

There are some other wars happening, but they are quick, and there is also some telegraphing of Sodom and Gomorrah.

One item that I haven’t mentioned, that I’ve noticed, is that there’s a lot of sacrificing to God going on. Abram splits a half-dozen animals in Gen 15, and we’ve had some other fat being burnt, and temples being built. Where is that all today? Why did it stop?

Tomorrow: Genesis 16-18