Abraham said about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 2. He said to the king, and to all others who made inquiry, as it was his custom, whenever he came into a strange land, verse 13. He was encouraged to do this, by the protection which God had shewn him in Egypt.—Took her, against her will, as Pharao had done. Bible.—Though she was ninety years old, and with child, her beauty was still extraordinary, the Rabbin think miraculous. At that time people lived above 120 years; so that at the age of ninety, she would only be about as near the end of her life as our women are at forty; and we often see people sufficiently attracting at that age. Calmet.