...identifying Sarah as his sister as well as his wife. He tells Avimelech, she is in fact my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and so she became my wife.39 He further explains that as a kindness to him, Sarah allowed him to present...

...in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. 14:12 "And yet indeed (she is) my sister; she (is) the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. 14:13 "And it carne to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's...

...indicate he was a highborn Egyptian. Abraham says of his wife,". . . and yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife" (Genesis 20: 12). The incestuous habit of marrying one's sister was characteristic...

...this place, and that they, the people, would slay me for my wife's sake. And indeed she is my sister, she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother. And she became my wife. After leaving my father's house, I have in the past said to my wife, this is...

...that puts a wife's honor at risk; Avraham's attempt at self-justification, "She is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father but not the daughter of my mother, and so she became my wife" (a "half-sister marriage" that is prohibited by Jewish law but not by the...

...rendition of this motif, Abram explains that Sarai is his (half-)sister, "She is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father but not the daughter of my mother" (Gen 20:12). 12. Speiser, Genesis, 119ff; Nahum M. Sarna, Understanding Genesis (New York: Schocken,...

...continues in an effort to justify his action in verse twelve, saying, "But indeed she is truly my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife." Abraham said to Abimelech, "Sarah is really my half sister, and I really wasn't...

...is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. 12) And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. 14) And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians...

...at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife. 12 Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. u And when God caused me to wander from my father's house, I said to her, 'This...

...God is not in this place, and they will slay me for my wife's sake, and yet indeed she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother." CATHERINE. I hope Abraham was not really married to his sister! MOTHER. Not his sister as we understand...