Sunday, January 2, 2011

Divine condescension

"And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife,
because she was barren;
and the Lord let Himself be entreated of him [(וַיֵּעָתֶר לֹו יְהוָה)],
and Rebekah his wife conceived."

Gen 25:21, JPS version of 1917.  Cf. 2 Sam 21:14; 2 Sam 24:25; 1 Chr 5:20; 2 Chr 33:13, 19; Ez 8:23; and Is 19:22.

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