#108: Abraham, What's With the Long Face?

Nov 11, 2022

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Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael by Il Guercino, 1657. On display at the Picoteca de Brera in Milan, Italy.

Gimme Some Torah #108

וַיֵּ֧רַע הַדָּבָ֛ר מְאֹ֖ד בְּעֵינֵ֣י אַבְרָהָ֑ם עַ֖ל אוֹדֹ֥ת בְּנֽוֹ׃

The matter distressed Abraham greatly, for it concerned a son of his.—Bereishit/Genesis 21:11

Sarah sees Ishmaeldo something untoward. It is not clear e…

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