About Abram, Sarai, and Everyone in Between

I want to start this post saying that I am very glad modern books aren't written in this format any more. I can't stand sometimes how many times it repeats itself. In chapter 10, it said the same thing many times, and in chapter 11, it said the amount of children they had and how old they lived for, like, a whole generation. They should make it more interesting and valuable by changing how it is written, but I am guessing that was normal when Genesis was first written.

In chapter 12, something different happened. Since the beginning of Genesis I hadn't heard any real country being named, but now I did see it. "And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.(Gen. 12)" Another weird thing was that I thought we already all agreed about the Pangaea country and how it all moved, but according to the Bible, it seems like all countries were created how they are right in the beginning.

I also noticed another change while reading. I don't know if it was lack of concentration from my part, but lately Genesis is a lot more difficult to understand than it was before. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I had heard the story of the creation of Earth in seven days before, but the stories that are being told now I had never heard before.

I have almost no idea of what the Abram story is and what is going on with him. Although I love that the Bible tells its teachings through supposedly accurate stories, I think they should make it a little easier to understand. For example, in the line "And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. (Gen. 16)" would be a lot easier to get if they just said: "When Hagar gave birth to Ishmael, Abram was 46 years old." But no.

They stories are getting a little weird, and I am going to have to concentrate more to be able to get the rest of it. I don't know why the author/s are obsessed with age or something, but after any description or anything, there is the age of the person at death. I still don't understand why the ages are so surreal, like 300 years old and that. I will have to search that out.