021: Fleeing to Egypt: Mary Hoard (Genesis 12:10-20)

Children's Director at Central Kitsap Presbyterian Church, Mary Hoard, joins the podcast to talk about Abram and Sarai fleeing to Egypt because of a severe famine. We dive into the bizarre and disturbing plan of Abram's to pretend that Sarai was his sister so he would not be killed in Egypt. What is going on with this account? We cannot promise concrete answers. Central Kitsap Presbyterian Church information: https://www.ckpc.org/ Sources used for this episode: *Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne by Wilda Gafney *The NIV Application Commentary: Genesis by Dr. John Walton *Word Biblical Commentary: Genesis 1-15 by Gordon J. Wenham *The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament by John H. Walton, Victor H Matthews & Mark W. Chavalas *The New International Commentary: The Book of Genesis: Chapters 1-17 by Victor P. Hamilton *Come Out My People: God's Call Out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond by Wes Howard-Brook *"Footsteps of Abraham" by Malachi Martin. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/13/travel/footsteps-of-abraham-by-malachi-martin.html Opening Music: Struttin With Some Barbeque by Louis Armstrong