And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nationConjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularNoun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularNoun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularAbimelech -- 'father is king', a Philistine name, also an Israelite nameConjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularConjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularAnd Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister Abimelech, thinking that Sarah was not married (because Abraham had told everyone she was his sister), sent for her to add to his concubine. For I … Abraham and Sarah at Gerar.
15 And Abimelech said, “ Behold, f my land is before you ; dwell where it pleases you.
While he was staying in Gerar, 2 Abraham said of his wife Sarah… Such individuals may gift us with much wisdom and insight for our life’s way and model for us what it means to live a life of courage. They can even become our confessors, speaking a sharp prophetic word to us.We pray for ears to hear God’s word to us spoken through unchosen people. 20 From there Abraham journeyed towards the region of the Negeb, and settled between Kadesh and Shur. God told Abimelech that he was sentenced to death because he had … As often, actions of outsiders may be more in tune with God’s will than those of insiders.Perhaps uncomfortably to us, this text shows that God is present and active among such outsiders to the faith. This time, an outsider (a Canaanite!) While residing in Gerar as an alien, 2 Abraham said of his wife Sarah, ‘She is my sister.’ And King Abimelech of Gerar sent and took Sarah. Once again he falls short. When Abraham and Sarah entered the country of King Abimelech, Abimelech inadvertently violated the rules of hospitality, and as restitution awarded Abraham free grazing rights to whatever land he wanted (Gen. 20:1-16). We may learn to be compassionate from those people among us for whom Jesus is a stranger. After some time, God spoke to Abimelech in a dream. 6 And God said to him in a dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart. The Problem: Young Sarah And yet, in chapter 20, this very same post-menopausal withered Sarah is kidnapped by Abimelech, king of Gerar for the purposes of marriage. 12-20), his relationship with God seems stuck in neutral (at best!). 14 Then Abimelech e took sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and returned Sarah his wife to him.