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Genesis 20:1–16 narrates the story of Abraham emigrating to the southern region of Gerar, whose king is named Abimelech.Abraham states that Sarah, his wife, is really his sister, leading Abimelech to try to take Sarah as a wife; however, God intervened before Abimelech touched Sarah.
Abimelech (also spelled Abimelek or Avimelech; Hebrew: אֲבִימֶלֶךְ / אֲבִימָלֶךְ, Modern ʼAvīméleḵ / ʼAvīmáleḵ Tiberian ʼAḇīmeleḵ / ʼAḇīmāleḵ, "my father is a king"/"my father reigns") was the generic name given to all Philistine kings in the Hebrew Bible from the time of Abraham through King David. [1]
Abimelech (/ ə ˈ b ɪ m ə ˌ l ɛ k /; אֲבִימֶלֶךְ ’ Ǎḇīmeleḵ) or Abimelek was the king of Shechem and the tribal territory of Manasseh, [1] and a son of biblical judge Gideon. His name can best be interpreted as "my father is king", [ 2 ] [ 3 ] claiming the inherited right to rule.
Like Abraham before him, who called Sarah his "sister" rather than his "wife" so that the Egyptians would not kill him and take his wife, Isaac told the people of Gerar that Rebecca was his sister. She was not molested, but one day Abimelech looked through the window and saw Isaac "sporting" (a euphemism for sexual play) [27] with her ...
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Abimelech had not approached her, so he asked God whether God would slay an innocent, as Abraham and Sarah had told him that they were brother and sister. [44] God told Abimelech in the dream that God knew that Abimelech had a blameless heart, and so God had kept him from touching her. [45]
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