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Methos said:
First of all, I used the word "think." Second, I just stated "this is what I think Abraham would do."



That still doesn't adhere to your argument though. You've already brought up David. He was a righteous individual, and he steered off course many times. And then in the end, the logical extension of your argument would still be to interpret God because you would expect him to tell Abram if he did wrong. Going on righteousness alone isn't an accurate indicator.

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He gave Cain the opportunity to make a choice, Cain chose to do evil, and God condemned him for it.



This is actually why I included that last part, "Nor did he consider God's wishes". Cain was being filled with jealousy. There were numerous times in the Bible where He gave people a warning not to let such emotions overcome them.

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When Sarah herself is speaking, she says nothing about Abraham marrying Hagar. She just says "Have kids with her so you can build a lineage." When the Bible uses third-person narrative relating events as they happened, that's when we get the word "wife" being used. So based on that, it seems like Abraham really did marry Hagar. After all, the Bible says "to be his wife," instead of using something along the lines of "to be the mother of his kids." If Abraham hadn't really married her, the Bible wouldn't have used the term "to be his wife."



The narrative is interpreting the actions of Sarah, "and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife". It says she gave her to him so she could be his wife, it didn't say he took her as his wife.

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If I recall correctly, God never spoke to Saul. He spoke to the propher Samuel, who would pass the message onto Saul. That was the role of prophets in those days.



No. On his way to.....I think it was Jersulam, God knocked him off his horse and spoke to him, himself. After that he converted to Christianity and re-named himself "Paul".