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Abraham uses the old \u201cSarah is my sister\u201d trick again. Why not? It worked, more or less, the first time. Apparently, Abraham didn\u2019t think Sarah being taken into Pharaoh\u2019s harem and almost raped represented a glitch in his plan. Apparently, she wasn\u2019t too concerned either.<\/span><\/p>\n

And, once again, God steps in and saves Sarah\u2019s virtue – this time, in the form of a dream. Whereas Pharaoh got plagues, Abimelech gets a full-on prophetic conversation with God! Seeing the opportunity presented in this conversation, Abimelech advocates for himself: \u201cAbimelech had not touched her, and he said, \u2018God! Will you also kill a just nation?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This should sound familiar. Abraham himself used a similar argument with God when advocating for Sodom: \u201cWill you destroy the just along with the wicked?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The justness of God was clearly on people\u2019s minds at that time. Maybe that was a direct offshoot of Noah\u2019s Flood, when God seemed to kill indiscriminately. (After all, it couldn\u2019t be that Noah and family were literally the only just people, right!?)<\/span><\/p>\n

The justness of the One God is a major concern. If we are to accept that there is One God, but that God acts arbitrarily, or chooses favorites, or does not keep Her word – this would put us in the midst of a tyranny, subject to the whims of a whimsical God. No one wants that. Atheism would be a better choice.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, the Jewish tradition insists on, and emphasizes and re-emphasizes that God is a just God. 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