Thursday, April 18, 2024

Note on JST Genesis 21:1

In OT MS 2, p. 51, we read a variant in the text:

 

 


 

And the Lord restored <visited> Sarah, as he had said, & the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken by the mouth of his Angels: for sarah conceived

 

‎Note that the text originally had God restoring Sarah instead of visiting her (OT MS 1, p. 52 has “visited”). This could be interpreted as Joseph perhaps teaching that Sarah was restored/forgiven by God for laughing at Him for the promise of a son (cf. Gen 18:10-15).

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