Dr. Carli Anderson continues to examine Genesis 18-23 through Hebrew textual analysis, reframing Sarah, Hagar, and Abraham as parallel figures of faith whose choices, trials, and covenant roles reveal deeper layers of wisdom, agency, and trust in God’s promises.
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TIMECODE:
00:00 Part 2 - Dr. Carli Anderson
01:05 Midrash: What made Sarah laugh?
03:04 Reframing Hagar
05:57 Isaac is born and Ishamael needs a wife
06:59 Trying to understand “mocking”
08:07 New understanding of a very difficult verse
10:54 Move the boys so they both inherit
14:39 God tells us Sarah was right
16:06 Sarah willing to do the difficult things
18:21 Hagar’s desert expertise explains Ishamael’s posterity
24:44 Hagar as hero
27:15 Three stories, Three sources of hope
29:32 Parallels to the Savior
33:33 Hineni
35:08 Only son means unity between father and son
39:08 The beauty revealed in the Hebrew
42:40 What is Isaac thinking?
45:05 Isaac’s willingness
48:50 A raised knife
50:31 God loves a photo finish
55:09 Story for three major religions
56:53 Word play that points to Jesus Christ
1:00:47 The importance of Mount Moriah
1:04:24 End of Part 2 - Dr. Carli Anderson
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