"There were days when she would kiss her lover good-bye, smile at him as though he were the center of her world, close the door and vomit. Her life of prostitution disgusts her and to such a sensitive sould, slowly destroys her self esteem and her spirit. She is revolted by Baal, Asherah and Molech. Instead, she shudders at the sacrifice of children to Molech and the prostitution in the temples.
As time passes we see that Rahab does not worship the gods of her people. However, she decides to take only a few men as lovers over the following years and only one at a time. He meant to sacrifice her future, her wellbeing, her life."Īfter 3 months of slavery to Zedek, Rahab decides that she is a ruined woman without a life and therefore will continue in her life of prostitution. Her father meant to sell her into prostitution. The nightmare she had dismissed as a misunderstanding the night before was real. With rising dread she realized her worst fears had come to pass. Horror seized her so tightly it nearly choked off her breath. She will go live with Zedek the goldsmith in Jericho for 3 months. In desperation, Imri sells Rahab into sexual slavery to Zedek for a bag full of gold.
His family is on the verge of starvation. Her father Imri is unable to find work and there is a drought. Rahab is a 15 year old girl living with her family outside of Jericho. The synopsis for this wonderful book is as follows:
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