Comparison Between Merchant of Venice and The Bible Essay -- William S

SHYLOCK What says that fool of Hagars offspring, ha?The Biblical StoryGenesis 16 1-161 Now Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children, and she had a wet nurse an Egyptian, Hagar by name.2 And Sarai state unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from child tire outing. I pray thee go in unto my maid it may be that I shall receive a child by her. And Abram obeyed the voice of Sarai.3 Then Sarai Abrams wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelled ten historic period in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram for his wife.4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived. and when she saw that she had conceived, her dame was despised in her eyes.5 Then Sarai said to Abram, Thou doest me wrong. I have assumption my maid into thy bosom, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and I am despised in her eyes the Lord judge between me and thee.6 Then Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand do with her as it pleaseth thee. Then Sarai dealt roughly with her wherefore she fled from her.7 But the Angel of the Lord found her beside a fountain of irrigate in the wilderness by the fountain in the way to Shur,8 And he said, Hagar Sarais maid, whence comest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from my dame Sarai.9 Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, Return to thy dame, and humble thyself under her hands.10 Again the Angel of the Lord said unto her, I will so greatly increase thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.11 Also the Angel of the Lord said unto her, See, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael for the Lord hath heard thy tribulation.12 And he shall be a wild man his hand shall be against either man, and every m... ...tian those who are gentile Christians (the vast majority) and those who are Jewish Christians (in other words, ethnic Jews who belong to the second category (above) of both Jews and Christians.David was descended from Abraham through Abrahams great-grandson Judah, whose father was Jacob, and whose granddaddy was Isaac. Judah was the fourth son of Jacob, who had twelve sons corresponding to the twelve tribes of Israel (actually, not quite, because Levi became a tribe without a land of its own (they were the assistants to the priests and lived in specific cities throughout the land), and Josephs sons, Ephraim and Manasseh were given a double portion of the inheritance (both of them had their own tribe, in a way)). - Peter GaultneyWorks CitedIshmael. Smiths Bible Dictionary. April 5 2005. http//www.ccel.org/ccel/smith_w/bibledict.i.html?term= shipwreck survivor