Sarah: Vulnerabilities of a Sojourner (to live among people who are not your blood relatives)

Imagine living in a country where you have few legal rights.

2010
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Abraham, Sarah’s husband, moved his family and his herds to the Nile delta during a time of severe drought and famine in Canaan. They did not have native civil rights, but were dependent on the generosity of their hosts. Hospitality to strangers played an important role in the ancient near east.