---
title: "Midrash — Iscah, Sarai, and Birth Orders"
description: "Marty Solomon and Brent Billings take a deeper dive into one of the topics they hear about from listeners the most—midrash—and answer the most commonly asked question from the entire run of the podcast: What is going on with the genealogy of Abraham?"
canonical: https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/208
published: 2021-02-25
---

# Midrash — Iscah, Sarai, and Birth Orders

Why Midrash Is Told and How to Relate to It

- Published: 2021-02-25T09:00:00.000Z
- Episode slug: `208`
- Episode number: 208
- Session: 6
- People: Marty Solomon, Brent Billings

## Description

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings take a deeper dive into one of the topics they hear about from listeners the most—midrash—and answer the most commonly asked question from the entire run of the podcast: What is going on with the genealogy of Abraham?

## Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings take a deeper dive into one of the topics they hear about from listeners the most—midrash—and answer the most commonly asked question from the entire run of the podcast: What is going on with the genealogy of Abraham? Discussion Video for BEMA 208 BEMA 8: Buried in a Genealogy BEMA FAQ: Midrash — Marty Solomon, YouTube Jewish Women’s Archive BEMA 173: Jude — False Teachers Transcript for BEMA 208

## Sources and machine-readable records

- [BEMA Podcast Explorer episode page](https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/208)
- [Official BEMA source page](https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/208)
- [Episode JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/episodes/208)
- [Audio](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7d8cc2be-fe66-43fb-ada4-e62e2f8c00e7/401bc1aa-5020-4363-878d-ac46b2ef6b36.mp3)
- [Official transcript source](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQC-jDV10K5FXFzBce3LwSjGVOtk9o87ghimoujHJhIeQVasM18cCnkpEHl-mXgJ7wS8DGg4IHBOdfc/pub)
- [Transcript JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/transcripts/208)