In three separate occasions in [[Genesis]], a patriarch tells others that their wife is actually their sister. | | Abram | Abraham | Isaac | | ---------------------------------- | ----- | ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Chapter | | [[Genesis 20]] | [[Genesis 26]] | | Foreign location | | [[Gerar]] | [[Gerar]] | | Reason for going there | | ?? on route to [[Negev]]? | Famine, and explicitly commanded not to go to [[Egypt]] | | Reason for claiming wife is sister | | None explicitly given | "The men of this place will kill me to get [[Rebekah]] because she is very beautiful" | | People claimed to | | Nobody specific | "the men of that place" ([[Gerar]], [[Philistines]]) | | Takers of his "wife" | | [[Abmimelech]] | Nobody | | Did taker sleep with her? | | No | N/A | | Discoverer of truth | | [[Abmimelech]] | [[Abmimelech]] | | Method of discovery | | | Looking out window and observing [[Isaac]] caress [[Rebekah]] | | Reaction of discoverer | | | Proclaims to all "Whoever touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death" | | Short-term aftermath for patriarch | | | Settled in land, became rich | | Leaving foreign location | | | Kicked out by Abimelech after Philistines became jealous | | Post-exit destination | | | [[Gerar]] Valley, then [[Beer Sheba]] | | Relation with pre-exit people | | | Peace treaty made with [[Abmimelech]] and his army |