Author: Jessica Jacobs
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SING, O BARREN ONE, WHO DID NOT BEAR A CHILD
—Isaiah, 54:1 Her hand sharp in the small of Hagar’s back, Sarai, that barrenpunster, pimped her handmaid to her husband, saying, “As I am barren please consort (bo-na, in Hebrew) with her” by literally saying,“I shall be built up (ibaneh) through her.” A barren women can still be clever,…