Sunday, March 1, 2020

Avraham was concerned that Sarah was pregnant from Avimelech or Pharoh

מדרש תנחומא (ורשא) פרשת תולדות סימן א
בא וראה כח השלום שבשעה שנתטלטלה שרה מיד פרעה ליד אבימלך ונתעברה ביצחק היו אומות העולם אומרים הלבן מאה שנה יולד אלא היא מעוברת מאבימלך או מפרעה והיתה חשד בלבו של אברהם על אלו הדברים מה עשה הקדוש ברוך הוא אמר למלאך הממונה על יצירת הוולד עשה כל אקונין שלו כדמות אביו כדי שיעידו הכל שהוא בנו של אברהם


Tanchuma(Toldos#1):
Look how great is the power of peace. After Sarah was saved from Avimelech and Pharoh (25 years later)- - she became pregnant with Yizchok. People gossiped and said,”Is it conceivable that a 100 year old can produce a son? Obviously not therefore she must have become pregnant from either Avimelech or Pharoh” This aroused suspicion in Avraham. Consequently G-d told the angel who was in charge of forming the embryo, to make its appearance  in the image of his father – to clearly testify that this was the son of Avraham


Rashi (Toldos) רש"י בראשית פרשת תולדות פרק כה פסוק יט
אברהם הוליד את יצחק - על ידי שכתב הכתוב יצחק בן אברהם הוזקק לומר אברהם הוליד את יצחק,ב לפי שהיו ליצני הדור אומרים מאבימלך נתעברה שרה, שהרי כמה שנים שהתה עם אברהם ולא נתעברה הימנו, מה עשה הקדוש ברוך הוא, צר קלסתר פניו של יצחק דומה לאברהם, והעידו הכל אברהם הוליד את יצחק, וזהו שכתב כאן יצחק בן אברהם היה, שהרי עדות יש שאברהם הוליד את יצחק:
 

BAVA METZIA 87A):                   And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck?28 How many children then did Sarah suckle?29 — R. Levi said: On the day that Abraham weaned his son Isaac, he made a great banquet, and all the peoples of the world derided him, saying, ‘Have you seen that old man and woman, who brought a foundling from the street, and now claim him as their son! And what is more, they make a great banquet to establish their claim!’ What did our father Abraham do? — He went and invited all the great men of the age, and our mother Sarah invited their wives. Each one brought her child with her, but not the wetnurse, and a miracle happened unto our mother Sarah, her breasts opened like two fountains, and she suckled them all. Yet they still scoffed, saying, ‘Granted that Sarah could give birth at the age of ninety, could Abraham beget [child] at the age of a hundred?’ Immediately the lineaments of Isaac's visage changed and became like Abraham's, whereupon they all cried out, Abraham begat Isaac.30

8 comments:

  1. That others would suspect is understandable. However, God specifically tells Avimelech that Avraham Avinu, being a prophet, will know what actually happened so how could he suspect Sarah of having become pregnant when he knows nothing happened?

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  2. nope!
    actually the testing has not been done on usa so far

    it is more reallitic to say that there have been many deaths which were in fact from the virus
    the recent death that was confirmed was only tested against official approval
    trump has tried to minimize the problem claiming falsely there were only 15 cases

    trump has a major credibility problem - blaming democrats fake news and fear mongers
    his son claiming falsely that the democrats are hoping for millions of deaths so that his father will loose reelection

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  3. First, how is that an answer to my question?
    Second, it's actually the opposite. The vast majority of folks with covid had symptoms resembling a cold or the flu. They never saw a doctor or, if they did, didn't get the virus testing to determine if they had it or not. Outside of China and Iran, pretty much every covid death has been accounted for while who knows how many "survivors" are walking around fine?
    Novel viruses work like this. The initial wave is deadly but shortly after the virus "cools down" because wiping out its host would be stupid. That's why the Spanish flu strain still circulated from time to time but doesn't kill in significant numbers. Covid is no exception. The initial blast in China had a significant kill rate. As it spreads, that will significantly drop.
    As for Trump, I'm sure the Dem's are hoping that a combination of a viral pandemic and an accompanying recession ruining the lives of millions does happen just in time for the election.

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  4. a person with a mild case can cause a serious case in someone else - so you got educated in medicine at trump university?

    and you "know" what the democrats are hoping for from Fox news?

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  5. Covid is a magefah From Shamayim, to cut down the evil Iran regime which has threatened Israel. Just like Sennacherib was cut down when they threatened Jerusalem. Also Italy is hit , they are the remnants of Rome, and this is their punishment even now.

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  6. could be you simply have a strong imagination!

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  7. From Divrei Hayamim 2 - Ch.32


    20 King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to heaven about this. 21 And the Lord sent an angel,
    who annihilated all the fighting men and the commanders and officers in
    the camp of the Assyrian king. So he withdrew to his own land in
    disgrace. And when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons,
    his own flesh and blood, cut him down with the sword.


    22 So the Lord
    saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib
    king of Assyria and from the hand of all others. He took care of them[c] on every side. 23 Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the Lord and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah. From then on he was highly regarded by all the nations.




    Now that Gerald is not posting his ideas , i have to use my own imagination, thank you very much!

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  8. You still haven't answered my initial question which, by the way, had nothing to do with Trump , the Dem's or the virus.

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