Introduction: We must first of all know that the entire Bible is corrupted and unreliable and is mostly filled with man-made laws and corruption! GOD Almighty Said: "`How can you say, "We [the Jews] are wise, for we have the law of the LORD," when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely?' (From the NIV Bible, Jeremiah 8:8)"
The Revised Standard Version makes it even clearer: "How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us'? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie. (From the RSV Bible, Jeremiah 8:8)"
In either translation, we clearly see that the Jews had so much corrupted the Bible with their man-made cultural laws, that they had turned the Bible into a lie!
See Also Deuteronomy 31:25-29 where Moses peace be upon him predicted the corruption/tampering of the Law (Bible) after his death.
The Book of Moses predicted that the Law (Bible) will get corrupted. The Book of Jeremiah which came approximately 826 years after did indeed confirm this corruption.
The Bible claims that Sarah (Isaac's mother) was Abraham's biological sister:
The sections of this article are:
- The Bible claims that Sarah was Abraham's biological sister.
- Did Abraham lie to the king for security reasons? Did he actually lie from the
first place?!
- The Books of Genesis and Deuteronomy are corrupted anyway according to the NIV Bible.
- But Moses' law came centuries after Abraham.
- Conclusion.
I hope this article will shed some light upon the errors and the contradictions that exist in the Bible. As we can see from the introduction above, the Bible is filled with man-made alterations and corruptions. So to say the least, the Bible's narrations' accuracy and reliability can not really be trusted. Please visit Contradictions and proofs of Historical Corruptions in the Bible. Having said that, let us examine what the Bible says about Abraham and his wife Sarah:
| From www.answering-christianity.com/abrogation_in_bible.htm: 2- GOD prohibiting brothers from marrying their biological sisters after He initially allowed it for Abraham and Sarah: "And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. (Genesis 20:12)""Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. (Deuteronomy 27:22)"
Genesis 12:1-3 Yet, GOD never prohibited Abraham from marrying his own biological sister, Sarah! So, Deuteronomy 27:22 is indeed an abrogation to the previous Law! |
The following article was sent to me by Majnun Bey; may Allah Almighty always be pleased with him:
In the name of Allah the Compassionate the Merciful!
According the Bible Abraham is a blessed personage and is a paragon for the nations. He is deemed as the father of prophets. The Bible says about Abraham:
Genesis 18:17-19 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. (NIV)
Note: In regards to Genesis 18 & 19, see my thorough refutation to the trinity lie that was invented using them.
But according to the Mosaic Law he is "accursed, and disfavored by God"
why? Because Abraham married his own sister (Sarah). The Bible says:
Genesis 20:12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. (KJV)
The Law of Moses states:
Deuteronomy 27:22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. (KJV)
Thus according to this standard Moses conceived of Abraham as accursed. What does "cursed" signify? The answer comes from "Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary" which states:
"1 : to use profanely insolent language against : BLASPHEME
2 a : to call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon b : to execrate in
fervent and often profane terms
3 : to bring great evil upon : AFFLICT
intransitive senses : to utter imprecations : SWEAR"
Thus the Father of the Prophets and the Friend of God is deemed accursed by the same God
who blessed him a few centuries back.
God states in the Bible:
Genesis 12
1 The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your
people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.
2 "I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name
great, and you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples
on earth will be blessed through you."
(NIV)
Now if God blesses those who bless Abraham and curses those who curse Abraham this will come to mean that Moses has thrown upon himself the curse by enacting the law in Deut 27:22. Moses can’t be deemed accursed for all he did was follow the Lord’s word. The Lord even called Moses "God" in Exodus 7:1:
"Consequently Jehovah said to Moses: "See I have made you God to Phar’aoh and Aaron your own brother will become your prophet" (New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures by the Jehovah’s Witnesses)
Now both are consecrated as blessed and holy personages by the Lord but according to one the other is cursed and vice versa. Can Christians please solve for me this Biblical Paradox?
May peace be with those who follow the right guidance, Ameen (Amen).
Did Abraham lie to the king for security reasons? Did he actually lie from the first place?!
I just received an email from a Christian friend of mine suggesting that Abraham had to lie to the king about Sarah being his sister for security reasons. He believes that Sarah was not Abraham's biological sister.
Let us read the following story about Abraham, Sarah and King Abimelech from Genesis 20:1-14 in the NIV Bible to see the clear proof that Sarah was indeed Abraham's biological sister in the Bible:
Genesis 20
1
Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and
Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar,
2
and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She is my sister."
Then Abimelech king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.
3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream one night and said to him, "You are as good as
dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman."
4
Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he said, "Lord, will you destroy an innocent
nation?
5
Did he not say to me, `She is my sister,' and didn't she also say, `He is my
brother'? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands."
6
Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience,
and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
7
Now return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you
and you will live. But if you do not return her, you may be sure that you and all
yours will die."
8
Early the next morning Abimelech summoned all his officials, and when he told them all
that had happened, they were very much afraid.
9
Then Abimelech called Abraham in and said, "What have you done to us? How have I
wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done
things to me that should not be done."
10
And Abimelech asked Abraham, "What was your reason for doing this?"
11
Abraham replied, "I said to myself, `There is surely no fear of God in this place,
and they will kill me because of my wife.'
12
Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my
mother; and she became my wife.
13
And when God had me wander from my father's household, I said to her, `This is how you can
show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'"
14
Then Abimelech brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to
Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him.
Notice that we first see that Abraham claimed to the king that Sarah was his wife. The king took Sarah (not knowing she was married to Abraham) for the night.
GOD Almighty (supposedly, but we don't know that) came to the king in the dream and told him that Sarah was married to Abraham, and that GOD was going to damn the king if he sins with Sarah. The king got very scared and returned Sarah to Abraham the next day.
Notice how Abraham admitted after being fully safe by the king that Sarah WAS HIS BIOLOGICAL SISTER AND WIFE. Abraham didn't have any reason to lie there, and I don't believe that there is any evidence what so ever in the Bible that Abraham lied, and that Sarah was not his biological sister.
Therefore, according to the corrupted bible, Sarah was Abraham's biological sister and wife.
The Books of Genesis and Deuteronomy are corrupted anyway according to the NIV Bible:
To further settle the matter about the Bible being a corrupted book, here is a quote from the NIV Bible's Historians and Theologians admitting that the book of Genesis is a corrupted book:
The following were taken from the article Just who were the real authors of the Bible? Today's Books and Gospels' authors of the Bible are UNKNOWN. See the comments from the NIV Bible itself! Just why in the world should I believe in today's Bible?
The Bibliography of the NIV Bible that I used is listed in the above link.
The Book of Genesis:
"Historically, Jews and Christians alike have held that Moses was the author/compiler of the first five books of the OT. These books, known also as the Pentateuch (meaning "five-volumed book"), were referred to in Jewish tradition as the five fifths of the law (of Moses). The Bible itself suggests Mosaic authorship of Genesis, since Ac 15:1 refers to circumcision as "the custom taught by Moses," an allusion of Ge 17. However, a certain amount of later editorial updating does appear to be indicated (see, e.g., notes on 14:14; 36:31; 47:11). (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 2)"
So in reality, the book of Genesis had been tampered with by man. It had been corrupted. It is dangerous to consider all of it as the True Living Words of GOD Almighty, because by doing so, we are running into the risk of committing a crime against Him since we are claiming that He spoke words that He never spoke.
The book of Deuteronomy:
"The book itself testifies that, for the most part, Moses wrote it (1:5; 31:9,22,24), and other OT books agree (1Ki 2:3, 8:53; 2ki 14:6; 18:12)--though the preamble (1:1-5) may have been written by someone else, and the report of Moses' death (ch.34) was almost certainly written by someone else. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 240)"
As we clearly see, there is ample evidence that proves beyond the shadow of the doubt that Moses was not the sole author of the book. He couldn't have possibly have written about his own death. Again, another corrupted book by man in the Bible. How can you claim that the book of Deuteronomy was indeed all revealed by GOD Almighty? If you're not sure, and you still insist on your claim, then you are committing a crime against GOD Almighty's Revelations.
But Moses' law came centuries after Abraham:
Again, from www.answering-christianity.com/abrogation_in_bible.htm:
2- GOD prohibiting brothers from marrying their biological sisters after He initially allowed it for Abraham and Sarah:
"And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. (Genesis 20:12)""Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. (Deuteronomy 27:22)"
It is important to know that in the same book of Genesis, GOD Almighty did Speak directly
with Abraham. For instance:
Genesis 12:1-3
1 The LORD had said to Abram,
"Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I
will show you.
2 "I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name
great, and you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples
on earth will be blessed through you."
Yet, GOD never prohibited Abraham from marrying his own biological sister, Sarah!
So, Deuteronomy 27:22 is indeed an abrogation to the previous Law!
I was told that since Moses' law about cursing those who sleep with their biological sisters came 100s of years after Abraham, thus this would excuse Abraham from the fault of marrying his own biological sister. I know that the law of Moses peace be upon him was written after Abraham peace be upon him, but the point still stands:
1- GOD Almighty wasn't the author of the current bible, for otherwise we wouldn't have this type of embarrassing contradiction between Abraham marrying his own biological sister, Sarah, and Moses cursing those who have sex with their sisters. At least GOD Almighty wouldn't have inspired Abraham to marry his own biological sister.
2- The Bible is full of man's narrations, that no one knows which is GOD Almighty's word and which isn't. It's funny how the Bible's own Historians and Theologians made this very claim themselves.
3- Why would GOD Almighty allow for Abraham to marry his own biological sister if GOD Almighty was later going to curse those who do? Please spare us from the dubious "Adam married Eve" nonsense, because Eve was not Adam's sister. She was his mate created by GOD Almighty. She didn't come from his parents, because neither one had parents. And as to their children, there is no proof what so ever in the Bible that any of Adam's biological children married each others. The Bible itself suggests that GOD Almighty created people after Adam, because it mentions people that weren't related to Adam's family that met some of Adam's children. Adam was the first created by GOD Almighty directly without parents, but no where does it say he was the only one. But with Abraham, still he existed in a tribe and certainly he had plenty of women to marry.
Let us read the following from the Bible:
In Genesis 4:1-5, we read that Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain and Abel. No where before chapter 4 in Genesis do we see Adam and Eve having any kids. So therefore, this makes Cain as Adam's first born child, and Abel his second. Cain later killed Abel. We then read:
Genesis 4:13-15:
13 Cain said to the Lord , "My punishment is more than I can
bear.
14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will
be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."
15 But the Lord said to him, "Not so; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance
seven times over." Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him
would kill him.
Why was Cain concerned about his own safety if only him, his parents Adam and Eve, were left on earth after Abel was killed by him? This certainly proves that GOD Almighty created people (perhaps nations) after Adam, while Adam's immediate family still existed.
We then read that Cain found a woman and married her. She certainly was not his biological sister:
Genesis 4:16-17:
16 So Cain went out from the Lord 's presence and lived in the
land of Nod, east of Eden.
17 Cain lay with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch.
No one knows who were the parents of Enoch.
4- How on earth can any Jew or Christian prove that the Bible's claim was from GOD Almighty written by Moses ALONE, which would be a sufficient proof for any Muslim, when the Bible's Historians and Theologians themselves claim that the books of Genesis and Deuteronomy were written by multiple mysterious authors as clearly shown in the "The Books of Genesis and Deuteronomy are corrupted anyway according to the NIV Bible" section above.
Personally as a Muslim, I don't believe that Sarah was Abraham's biological sister. It's the doubtful bible's claims that no one (including Jews and Christians) can be certain about its validity, and all the Christian and Jewish critics of this article know that very well.
Conclusion:
As proven again and again in my articles, the Bible's narrations' simply can not be trusted, because they had been clearly created by men who were not appointed by GOD Almighty. There are ample errors and contradictions in the Bible, and they can not be ignored.
If you're going to consider words as the True Living Words of GOD Almighty, then you must at least have the very basic proofs that they indeed came from the Almighty. But taking men's words and appoint them to GOD is a grave error and sin that you would commit against GOD Almighty.
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