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as full of forgeries when it says twice (xii. 10-20, xx. 2-18)
that Abraham was the husband of his own sister, or that he
would have exposed the Prophet to be a liar! (God forbid).
But he believes in the words of the book, and his con-
science does not torment him in the least when he identifies
Hagar with the barren desert of the Sinai, and qualifies Sarah
as the Jerusalem above in heaven! (Gal. iv. 25, 26). Did
ever Paul read this anathema of the Law:-
"Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the
daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother.
And all the people say: Amen"? (Duet. xxvii. 22).
Is there a human or divine law that would consider more
legitimate one who is the son of his own uncle and aunt than
he whose father is a Chaldean and his mother an Egyptian?
that Abraham was the husband of his own sister, or that he
would have exposed the Prophet to be a liar! (God forbid).
But he believes in the words of the book, and his con-
science does not torment him in the least when he identifies
Hagar with the barren desert of the Sinai, and qualifies Sarah
as the Jerusalem above in heaven! (Gal. iv. 25, 26). Did
ever Paul read this anathema of the Law:-
"Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the
daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother.
And all the people say: Amen"? (Duet. xxvii. 22).
Is there a human or divine law that would consider more
legitimate one who is the son of his own uncle and aunt than
he whose father is a Chaldean and his mother an Egyptian?