They will kill me because of my wife.’ 12 Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife. But if you do not return her, know that you will certainly die, you and all who are yours.”Ĩ Early in the morning Abimelech got up, called all his servants together, and personally told them all these things, and the men were terrified.ĩ Then Abimelech called Abraham in and said to him, “What have you done to us? How did I sin against you that you have brought such enormous guilt on me and on my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.” 10 Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What made you do this?”ġ1 Abraham replied, “I thought, ‘There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. 7 Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. I have also kept you from sinning against me. While he was staying in Gerar, 2 Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.ģ But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “You are about to die because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”Ĥ Now Abimelech had not approached her, so he said, “Lord, would you destroy a nation even though it is innocent? 5 Didn’t he himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with a clear conscience and clean hands.”Ħ Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience. Let’s look at the passage and then talk some about it.ġ From there Abraham traveled to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. sort of.” If you think this sounds weird already, you’re right.īefore we go any further, let’s go to the Lord in prayer and ask Him to speak to us. Today’s sermon is entitled, “She’s my sister. We’re going to talk about a situation with Abraham and his wife, Sarah. Today, we’re going to cover a story from Genesis 20:1-18. It’s weird to marry a relative, right? Well, we had some of this in the Bible, also. Several famous people married their cousins, sometimes their first cousin, including Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Thomas Jefferson, and Jesse James. That’s right, we’re getting weird right away. Throughout history, there have been some famous people who have married their relatives. A few of you responded, and I’ll be covering some of the weird stories that you requested. It’s not often that I ask you to tell me what you’d like for me to preach, but I did this time. Well, we’re starting a new series called “Weird Stories from the Bible.”
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