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When Isaac sowed in Gerar was it during the famine as recorded in Genesis 26?
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How many men in the Bible told their wife to say that she is his sister?
----------------------- 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 20:2), for the same reason, he told the king of Gerar that his by now quite elderly wife (Sarah was now over 90 years old and stricken with age) 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.
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.
Where was Sarah in the Bible talked about?
I. The Book of GenesisSarah, originally named Sarai, was the wife of Abraham, originally named Abram. We first encounter Sarai in Gn 11:29 as the wife of Abram and as being barren with no children.Abram's Call and MigrationTheir story begins in Genesis 12 with Abram's call from God (cf. Gn 12:1-9) and their leaving their homeland to set out for the land of Canaan.Abram and Sarai in EgyptAfter settling in Negeb, a severe famine struck the land, so he and Sarai travelled to Egypt for relief. (cf. Gn 12:10-20).Birth of IshmaelBecause Sarai was unable to bear children for Abram, Sarai requests that Abram raise a child through her maidservant Hagar, who gave birth to Ishmael. (cf. Gn 16:1-16)Covenant of CircumcisionWhen Abram was very old, God established a covenant with him in which Abram shall become a "father of a host of nations." (cf. Gn 17:1-27) God signifies this covenant througha) the requirement of circumcision,b) renaming Abram as Abraham, andc) renaming Sarai as Sarah.The New American Bible has the following commentary: Abram and Abraham are merely two forms of the same name, both meaning, "the father is exalted"; another variant form is Abiram (Nm 16:1; 1 Kgs 16:34). The additional -ha- in the form Abraham is explained by folk etymology as coming from ab-hamon goyim, "father of a host of nations."Thus, God changed Abram's name to Abraham so that his name would signify what he would become, namely, a father of a host of nations.The New American Bible has the following commentary: Sarai and Sarah are variant forms of the same name, both meaning "princess."Abraham's Visitor'sThree visitors come to Abraham and Sarah and foretell that despite her being barren and her old age, Sarah will give birth to a child. She later names this child Isaac. (cf. Gn 18:1-15)Abraham at GerarWhile in Gerar, Abraham and Sarah refer to each other as brother and sister rather than husband and wife. Nevertheless, God kept Abimelech from sinning against the marriage of Abraham and Sarah. The story is very similar to the account of their visit to Egypt in Gn 12:10-20. (cf. Gn 20:1-18)Birth of IsaacAt the birth of Abraham and Sarah's son Isaac, Isaac was circumcised and difficult feelings arose between Sarah and her maidservant Hagar who gave birth to Ishmael. (cf. Gn 21:1-21)Purchase of a Burial PlaceSarah finally died in Kiriatharba in the land of Canaan at the age of 127. Although the Hittites generously offered Abraham the best burial grounds for Sarah, Abraham nevertheless insisted on paying for a field rather than receiving it as a gift, so as to establish a small land right in the land that God had promised him. (cf. Gn 23:1-18)II. The Book of TobitThere is another Sarah who is a central figure in the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit. In the story, Tobiah is accompanied by the archangel Raphael to bring back a sum of money for his father Tobit, and also to marry a young woman named Sarah.Tobiah was at first hesitant to marry Sarah, because she had been married seven times before, and all seven husbands had died in their bridal chambers:Then the yong man answered the Angel, I have heard, brother Azarias, that this maide hath beene given to seven men, who all died in the marriage chamber. Tobit 6:13 KJV (quoted from an exact photographic replica of existing original 1611 print)Theologians and scholars have indicated that this story of Sarah is later alluded to when the Sadducees question Jesus about the resurrection:On that day Sadducees approached him, saying that there is no resurrection. They put this question to him, saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies without children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up descendants for his brother.' Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died and, having no descendants, left his wife to his brother. The same happened with the second and the third, through all seven. Finally the woman died. Now at the resurrection, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had been married to her." Jesus said to them in reply, "You are misled because you do not know the scriptures or the power of God. At the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels in heaven. And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living." When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching. Matthew 22:23-33 NAB (see also the other synoptic accounts in Mark 12:18-27 and Luke 20:27-40)This story of the marriage of Sarah and Tobias is also a commonly chosen Old Testament reading for the liturgy of the Word during the Sacrament of Marriage (cf. Together for Life by Joseph M. Champlin, Ave Maria Press: Notre Dame, IN, pp.16-19)Moreover, through this story, theologians and scholars have indicated the proper attitude of spouses toward each other in sexual intimacy, as well as the necessity of a couple's reliance on God through every adversity:And after that they were both shut in together, Tobias rose out of the bed and said, Sister, arise, and let us pray, that God would have pitie on us. Then began Tobias to say,Blessed art thou, O God of our fathers, and blessed is thy holy and glorious Name for ever, let the heavens blesse thee, and all thy creatures. Thou madest Adam, and gavest him Eve his wife for an helper & stay: of them came mankind: thou hast said, It is not good that man should bee alone, let us make unto him an aide like to himselfe.And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lust, but uprightly: therefore mercifully ordeine, that wee may become aged together. And she said with him, Amen. Tobit 8:4-8 KJV (ibid.)III. The Book of IsaiahThe prophet Isaiah recalls the covenant God made with Abraham and Sarah at the beginning of chapter 51:Listen to me, you who pursue justice, who seek the LORD; Look to the rock from which you were hewn, to the pit from which you were quarried; Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth; When he was but one I called him, I blessed him and made him many. Isaiah 51:1-2 NABIV. The Letter of St. Paul to the RomansSt. Paul also recalls the covenant God established in Abraham and Sarah when he writes about Abraham:He believed, hoping againsthope, that he would become "the father of many nations," according to what wassaid, "Thus shall your descendants be." He did not weaken in faith when heconsidered his own body as (already)dead (for he was almost a hundred yearsold) and the dead womb ofSarah. Romans 4:18-19 NABSt. Paul again recalls the covenant in Abraham and Sarah, recalling that God's covenant and plan for salvation history shall continue through their son Isaac (as opposed to, say, Abraham's son Ishmael):But it is not that the word of Godhas failed. For not all who are ofIsrael are Israel, nor are they all children of Abraham because they are his descendants; but "It is throughIsaac that descendants shallbear your name." Thismeans that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children ofGod, but the children of thepromise are counted asdescendants. For this is the wordingof the promise, "About this time I shall return and Sarah will have ason." Romans 9:6-9 NABV. The Letter of St. Paul to the GalatiansIn Galatians, St. Paul refers to Sarah as a freeborn woman (cf. Hagar, her maidservant). He compares and contrasts the child of Sarah - Isaac, with the child of Hagar - Ishmael, through an allegory:For it is written that Abrahamhad two sons, one by the slavewoman and the other by the freebornwoman. The son of theslave woman was bornnaturally, the son of thefreeborn through a promise. Now this is an allegory. These womenrepresent two covenants. One was fromMount Sinai, bearing childrenfor slavery; this is Hagar.Hagar represents Sinai, amountain in Arabia; itcorresponds to the presentJerusalem, for she is in slavery along with her children. But the Jerusalemabove is freeborn, and she is ourmother. Galatians 4:22-26 NABVI. The Letter of St. Paul to the HebrewsIn Hebrews, St. Paul again recalls the covenant God established with Abraham and Sarah while discussing the significance of faith:By faith he received powerto generate, even though he was pastthe normal age - and Sarahherself was sterile - for he thoughtthat the one who had made the promise wastrustworthy. So it was that there cameforth from one man, himself asgood as dead, descendantsas numerous as the stars in thesky and as countless as thesands on the seashore. Hebrews 11:11-12 NABVII. 1st Letter of PeterSt. Peter recalls Sarah's disposition toward Abraham when writing on the conduct and dress of women:Your adornment should not be anexternal one: braiding thehair, wearing gold jewelry, or dressing in fine clothes, but rather the hidden character of theheart, expressed in theimperishable beauty of a gentleand calm disposition, which isprecious in the sight of God. For this is also how the holy women whohoped in God once used to adornthemselves and were subordinate to theirhusbands; thus Sarah obeyedAbraham, calling him "lord." You are her children when you do what isgood and fear nointimidation. 1 Peter 3:3-6 NAB
Is Gaza mentioned in the Bible?
In the King James version the word - Gazathites - appears once Jos 13:3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites: the word - Gaza - appears 19 times # Gen 10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. # Jos 10:41 And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. # Jos 11:22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. # Jos 15:47 Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: # Jud 1:18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. # Jud 6:4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. # Jud 16:1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her. # Jud 16:21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. # 1 Sam 6:17 And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; # 2 Kin 18:8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. # 1 Chr 7:28 And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof: # Jer 47:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. # Jer 47:5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? # Amo 1:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: # Amo 1:7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: # Zep 2:4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. # Zec 9:5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. # Act 8:26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. It appears twice in 9 above.
Where there any Ethiopians stated in the bible?
Num:12:1: And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. 2Chron:12:3: With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. 2Chron:14:9: And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah. 2Chron:14:12: So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. 2Chron:14:13: And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil. 2Chron:16:8: Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand. 2Chron:21:16: Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: Isa:20:4: So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. Jer:13:23: Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. Jer:38:7: Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; Jer:38:10: Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. Jer:38:12: And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. Jer:39:16: Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee. Jer:46:9: Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. Ezek:30:9: In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh. Dan:11:43: But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. Amos:9:7: Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? Zeph:2:12: Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. Acts:8:27: And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
In what two countries did Abraham pretend that Sarah was not his wife?
Egypt Genesis 12 v6-20. Gerar in southern Canaan Genesis 20 v1-2.
How far from Gerar to beersheba?
How far is Beersheba from Gerar?
Where is Gerar?
Gerar was the capitol of Abimelech, the king of the Philistines (Gen 12:6ff) It was located about 20 mile northwest of Beer-sheba.
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.
How many men in the Bible told their wife to say that she is his sister?
----------------------- 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 20:2), for the same reason, he told the king of Gerar that his by now quite elderly wife (Sarah was now over 90 years old and stricken with age) 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.
Where did Abraham go to and why?
Abraham traveled to the land of Canaan because God told him to.God said he would make a 'great nation' out of Abraham(Genesis 17:5) and He would give his descendants a land of their own (Genesis 12:7).The fulfillment of this promise began when God commanded Abraham to move to Haran (Acts 7:2-4; Genesis 15:7; Nehemiah 9:7). He and his family left Haran in 1943BCE (Genesis 12:4) crossing the Euphrates River, and heading through Damascus and Shechem (Genesis 12:6)into Canaan. He moved into the mountainous regions between Bethel and Ai, and then, because of a famine, moved into Egypt.(Genesis 12:8-10). He then went to the Negeb and back to his previous encampment in the mountains(Genesis 13:1-3), and he remained in this land of Canaan and in Hebron(Genesis 13:12+18) and among the 'Big trees of Mamre' (Genesis 18:1)where the fulfillment of God's first promise to Abraham would take place(Genesis 13:14-17)(Genesis 15:18-21). He then moved between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar(Genesis 20:1). Later, he traveled to Moriah to offer his son, Isaac, as a sacrifice, as a test of faithfulness(Genesis 22:1-14). When he passed this test successfully, God made another promise through Abraham, about the coming Messiah(Abraham's seed-Matthew 1:1,2+16/Hebrews 11:17/Romans 8:32) by whom 'all nations of the earth will bless themselves'(Genesis 22:15-18/1 John 4:9/John 3:16). Abraham then moved to Beersheba (Genesis 22:19) and was buried in the cave of Machpelah in the field of Ephron(Genesis 25:8-10)
Who was the first prophet mentioned in the Bible?
The first time the word "prophet" is used in the Bible is Genesis 20:7 where in a dream, God tells the King of Gerar that Abraham is a prophet.
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.
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 does your Yamaha blaster go in reverse in any gerar?
I believe that you have a very uncommon problem and should refer to a professional repair shop.
What were the failures of Abraham the patriarch?
Abraham lied about the relationship of himself and his wife Sarah, telling the kings of Egypt and of Gerar that she was his sister.Abraham also went along with Sarah's lack of trust in God's promise of a son when he fathered Ishmael through Hagar, Sarah's handmaiden.Answer 2Abraham had no failures. He called Sarah his sister in order to save his life (Genesis ch.12 and ch.20) as stated explicitly in the text. Surely that is no sin.He took Hagar in order to bear a son, because God had promised that he would have children (Genesis 12, 13 and 15), but had never said that Sarah would have a child. God promised Sarah a son only years after Hagar had had Ishmael (Genesis 16-17).
By what ruse did Abram fare well in Egypt?
Abram told Pharaoh that Sarai, his wife, was his sister in order to protect himself. As a result, Pharaoh took Sarai into his palace. However, God plagued Pharaoh and his household with great plagues because of this deception. Realizing the truth, Pharaoh confronted Abram and sent him out of Egypt with his wife.
