| | So here we have Abraham passing off Sarah as his sister again (how tantalizing a woman she must have been, even approaching 100 years old, that the local leaders just couldn't keep themselves from marrying her!). But this time, we find out Abraham wasn't totally lying about Sarah being his sister.
"Yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife." (Gen 20:12, KJV)
So apparently, Sarah is only Abraham's half-sister. Which apparently makes it okay? Sounds pretty sick to me, but God doesn't say anything against this in these verses. Nor does he appear to get mad at Abraham and Sarah for lying again.
Instead, God threatens the local leader (Abimelech) with destruction because he married Sarah, who's already married to Abraham. After the local leader points out that they haven't consummated the relationship, and that he had been lied to about Sarah's identity, then God lets him off the hook. The local chieftain even tells Abraham to make himself at home, and to make up for everything gives Abraham a thousand shekles.
And the moral is?? Who knows. My guess is the leader saw how completely screwy the whole situation and figured he'd better make nice with Abraham and his god to avoid punishment. A wise move, I'd say.
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