Warning: Bad Language!

This week we're doing Jewish attitudes towards death, and in preparing I came across this passage in the Bible:

"And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass..."

I really don't think there should be language like that in the Bible! I'm not quite sure what the act signifies, but I can imagine the servants around the campfire, laughing: "Man, Jebediah, Abraham sure did saddle your sorry old ass today!"

And in a family-oriented book!

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