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What king of gerar took Sarah away from Abraham?
Abimelech, the king of Gerar, took Sarah away from Abraham after God intervened in a dream to prevent Abimelech from sinning with her. Abimelech returned Sarah to Abraham and compensated him with gifts.
Why was Abimelech interested in Sarah?
She was said to be beautiful. As king he had the ability to take a wife as he wanted. Like todays news stories, you would be careful not to enter certain parts of a city for fear of your life. So it was for Abraham. There were stories of men being killed so the wife could be taken. Thus his fear placed Sarah in the predicament of seeming to be free for the taking. As king he had the right to do this with whom he pleased, as long as she was not married. It was only Gods intervention that kept it from happening.
What happens in the Vayera portion after Lot's wife turns into a salt pillar?
Several major things:Lot's daughters get their father drunk and conceive by him, believing themselves to be the last three people in the world.Abraham and Sarah go to Egypt where King Abimelech desires to take Sarah as his wife until he learns that she is Abraham's wife. (Abraham had claimed that Sarah was his sister.)Abraham returns to Canaan and Sarah gives birth to Isaac.Hagar and Ishmael are cast out of the tent and God spares both Hagar and Ishmael.Abraham attempts to sacrifice Isaac per God's orders only to stop when an angel interferes and provides a ram.
Why did papa put an ad in the newspaper in Sarah plain and tall?
Papa put an ad in the newspaper in "Sarah, Plain and Tall" because he wanted to find a wife to help take care of his children and his home after his wife passed away. He was looking for someone to bring joy and companionship back into their lives.
Who wrongly thought that Abraham's and Isaac's wives were their sisters?
Both Abraham and Isaac lied about the identity of their wives, Sarah and Rebekah, claiming them to be their sisters to protect themselves. However, it was King Abimelech of Gerar who unknowingly took Sarah as his wife, thinking she was Abraham's sister (Genesis 20). Isaac did the same deceit with Rebekah, which was (fortunately) discovered before a similar incident happened (Genesis 26:7).
Why was Abimelech interested in Abraham's wife Sarah in the Bible?
Genesis gives two parallel stories of Abraham where he got tangled up in his deviousness. First he told the Pharaoh that his wife Sarah was his sister, for fear that the Pharaoh would kill him in order to have sex with her (Genesis 12:13), only to be found out and banished from Egypt. Later (Genesis 20:2ff), this time for fear that Abimelech, king of Gerar, would kill him in order to have sex with his by now quite elderly wife (Sarah was now over 90 years old and stricken with age), Abraham again said that Sarah really was his sister. Just as Abraham tried to pass Sarah off as his sister while visiting the palace of Abimelech king of Gerar, so did Isaac, his son, try to pass his wife Rebekah off as his sister to the same king, once again for fear that the king would kill him in order to have sex with her (Genesis 26:6-11). It should be questioned why Abraham and Isaac believed that Egyptians and Gerarites would only attempt to have sex with a woman after killing her husband, and why they would not kill her brother in order to achieve the same ends. It must also have been remarkable that the king and the citizens of Gerar never suspected, nor became annoyed with the Abraham family after two failed attempts to deceive them.
What brady wanted a wife?
To take care her physical/social needs.
What was wrong with Abraham's wife Sarah?
Sarah was barren
What was Sarah to Abraham?
His wife.
What is Abrahams wife?
Sarah
Who is Tim minchins wife?
His wife's name is Sarah Minchin
What sin did Abraham commit?
In the Bible, Abraham lied about his wife Sarah being his sister in order to protect himself. This deceit resulted in Abimelech, a king, taking Sarah into his harem, but God intervened and prevented any harm from coming to her. Though Abraham's lie was not condoned, God did not explicitly punish him for it.
