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Friday, June 23, 2006
Story of Sarah - III

It so happened that after sometime, there was a famine in Canaan.. And Abram didn't know what to do.. Though he was instructed by God to stay in Canaan, he wondered how he would survive in a land that had famine. So he chose to go to the fertile land Egypt nearby..

And alas, there he had another problem. He saw, how wicked the Egyptian culture was. Whenever anyone sees a beautiful woman, she was taken. If she was already married, her husband was killed and she was taken. Now, Sarai was beautiful in form and it was a test to Abram. He then decided to do something strange. He asked her to save his life by telling everyone that she was his sister. Sarai knew that her life and modesty was in danger but she chose to listen to Abram.. They then tried playing their parts.. till one day they got caught..

From Genesis 12:

Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "I know what a beautiful woman you are. When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will let you live. Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you."

When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that she was a very beautiful woman. And when Pharaoh's officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace. He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.

But the LORD inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram's wife Sarai. So Pharaoh summoned Abram. "What have you done to me?" he said. "Why didn't you tell me she was your wife? Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!" Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had.

In the end, we see that Abram acquired wealth but not without learning a lesson. At times, I wonder what Sarah should have done in this situation... quite tough to decide.

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