Abimelech Warned About Sarah
In the Book of Genesis, God appears to King Abimelech of Gerar in a dream, revealing that Sarah, whom Abimelech had taken into his household believing her to be Abraham's sister, is actually Abraham's wife, and warns that Abimelech and his people will die if he does not return her unharmed. This divine intervention occurs after Abraham's deceptive statement about his relationship with Sarah, which places the fulfillment of God's covenant promise at risk by potentially compromising Sarah's purity. The warning underscores God's protective care over the patriarchal lineage and serves as a parallel to a similar earlier incident involving Pharaoh in Egypt, highlighting recurring themes of faith, divine sovereignty, and the preservation of the promised seed.
Details
- Category
- Patriarchs
- Dreamer
- Abimelech
- Interpretation
- God sovereignly protects the covenant line through Abraham and Sarah by direct supernatural intervention in human affairs.
Key Passages
The Dream
Genesis 20:3-7
3ut God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a manโs wife.