The Biography of Abraham Part 3 of 4

Abraham Did It Once, Did It Twice

Gen 12: Abraham Journeyed To Egypt. He lied.
...Now there was a famine in the land, so Abraham went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. And it came about when he came near Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman; and it will come about when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, 'This is his wife', and they will kill me, but they will let you live. Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that I may live on account of you."

And it came about when Abraham came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

And Pharaoh's officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. Therefore he treated Abraham well for her sake; and gave him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male and female servants and female donkeys and camels.

But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abraham's wife. (Note 1 : God punished Pharaoh for taking Abraham's wife because of Abraham's deceit!)

Then Pharaoh called Abraham and said, "What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? Why did you say. 'She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her and go."

Gen 20:2: Abraham use the same deception again. He lied again.
...Abraham journeyed ...then he sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken for she is married." (Note 2: God punished Abimelech for taking Sarai as his wife, because of Abraham's deceit!)

Want to know the rest of the story? Then turn to the Bible and read it.

Abraham did it again, but God still forgave him! This tells us how close God and Abraham were. God's relationship with us are as close too.

And don't ever think of an affair with a married woman or a married man... God will be angry.

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