Traumas Teach

I think it's important to know the traumas in Abram's life. Auden wrote, "we all know a great crime has been committed in our life -- but we don't know who the criminal was or what exactly the crime was."

So I think when the Bible's words are that a son dies before the face of his father we readers are encouraged to investigate what is going on.

Investigating Abraham's father can help us understand the urges Abraham had to kill his two sons. We may then be moved to understand how Abraham is able to transform murderous impulses.