{"id":37222,"date":"2018-08-08T08:53:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T05:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=37222"},"modified":"2022-03-02T22:49:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T20:49:23","slug":"chapter-summary-genesis-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/chapter-summary-genesis-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter Summary – Genesis 20"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Gerar we get an expanded version of what happened to Abram and Sarai in Egypt (Chapter 12). Abraham hides Sarah’s true status as his wife and claims that she is his sister. Sarah is taken to the house of King Abimelech and only through Divine intervention does Sarah evade harm. The episode ends with gifts to Abraham as a form of compensation.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is new in this version of the story (that was not in Egypt with Pharaoh)?<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. God Himself explains to Abimelech that there is a problem and even conducts a conversation with him on this. \u00a0(verses 3-8).<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Abraham explains that “she is my sister” which is not exactly a lie. (Curious to know how? See verse 12).<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Abraham prays to end the crisis and to heal the royal family from the barrenness that plagued them because of Sarah’s kidnapping.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Points to ponder:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. \u00a0<\/span> Verse 3: “You are to die because of the woman that you have taken” (20:3). Does this sound like familiar phrase? Only for Abimelech it was close to what was literally happening.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. \u00a0<\/span> When Abraham explains the strategy he used, he justifies himself and says: “I thought surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife\u201d (verse 11). \u00a0Here the text equates fear of God with ethical behavior, not necessarily by faith in God.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","image":{"ID":86314,"id":86314,"title":"Points to ponder","filename":"Points-to-ponder.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/points-to-ponder-psalm-84\/points-to-ponder\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"points-to-ponder","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":86166,"date":"2021-01-09 20:56:58","modified":"2023-12-28 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