Genesis 20:2 meaning and explanation

Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

Genesis 20:2, Berean Standard Bible

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Abraham has just arrived in Gerar, a Philistine territory in the Negev, after leaving Mamre. Fearing that the men of the place would kill him to take his beautiful wife, he repeats the half truth he had used in Egypt: Sarah is his sister.

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