Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 20/0
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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 20
Wives and Sisters
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- Makbilot Bamikra points out that Avraham’s claim that Sarah is his sister is parallel to two similar stories, one earlier in the narrative of of Avraham and Sarah (Bereshit 12) and one in the narrative of Yitzchak and Rivka (Bereshit 26).
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- See Endangering Sarai in Egypt for an exploration of the moral and strategic questions that arise about the behavior of the Avot in this narrative and in the others in which they claim that their wives are their sisters.
