Abram comes right off the heels of God formalizing His covenant and instead of trusting in faith and waiting upon the Lord, he listens to Sarai and takes Hagar into his bed. They desired to see the fulfillment of the promise and figured the ends justify the means. They simply traded waiting in faith for what was easy and expedient.

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