✨The Surprising Reality
In ancient Nuzi, contracts show adoption of heirs, surrogate motherhood, and handmaid inheritance—just like Genesis.
🤔The Context Question
But here's what most people don't realize: these tablets offer a real-world backdrop for Abraham and Jacob's household dynamics.
📚What We Know
Nuzi tablets reveal social customs where handmaids bore children for barren wives, and adopted sons inherited. Comparing these texts to Genesis 16 and 30 clarifies cultural continuity.
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📖Biblical References
📜Genesis 16:1–4📜Genesis 30:1–9
Scripture references supporting this historical context