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

SHYLOCK What says that fool of Hagars offspring, ha?The Biblical Story multiplication 16 1-161 Now Sarai Abrams wife bargon him no children, and she had a maiden an Egyptian, Hagar by name.2 And Sarai express unto Abram, Behold now, the ecclesiastic hath restrained me from child bearing. 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(prenominal) Abram had dwelled ten years 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 given my maid into thy bosom, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and I am despised in her eyes the Lord judge amongst me and thee.6 Then Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine surpass do with her as it pleaseth thee. The n Sarai dealt roughly with her wherefore she fled from her.7 But the nonsuch of the Lord found her beside a fountain of water in the state of nature 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 fly the coop from my dame Sarai.9 Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, exit 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 wile with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael for the Lord hath hear thy tribulation.12 And he shall be a wild man his hand shall be against every 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 two Jews and Christians.David was desc ended from Abraham through Abrahams great-grandson Judah, whose father was Jacob, and whose grandfather was Isaac. Judah was the fourth son of Jacob, who had twelve sons synonymic to the twelve tribes of Israel (actually, not quite, because Levi became a tribe without a land of its consume (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 part 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=ishmael