“And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee.”
Sarai says to Abram: 'You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my servant in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the LORD judge between you and me.' The blame-shifting is immediate: Sarai devised the plan and now holds Abram responsible for its consequences. The appeal to the LORD's judgment at the end of the verse is particularly ironic — she is appealing to the same God whose plan she circumvented. Genesis 3:12 shows Adam blaming Eve; now Sarai blames Abram. The pattern of blame-shifting after self-generated disasters is consistent. James 1:13–15 traces the origin of temptation inward: each person is tempted by their own evil desire, which gives birth to sin. Sarai's plan came from Sarai; the consequences also come from Sarai's plan. The application: the moment you begin looking for someone to blame for the consequences of your own plan is the moment to stop and trace the origin of the plan.
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