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Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."
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A Deceptive Half-Truth
Commentators agree that Abram's plan was a deceptive half-truth. While Sarai was technically his half-sister, the statement was designed to conceal the more important fact that she was his wife. Scholars call this a sinful equivocation that showed a deep distrust of God's protection and endangered Sarai.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
פרעה par‛oh—Par‘oh, “ouro.” This is Coptic for “king,” with the masculine article pi or p. P-ouro means “the king.” If we separat…
19th Century
Anglican
My sister. —True literally, as Sarai was Terah’s daughter (Genesis 20:12), but absolutely false, as it implied that sh…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Say, I pray you, that you are my sister Which though it was not putting a direct lie into her mouth, she being his sister in s…
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