and what kind !!
2007-10-04 15:57:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
More great tales of "morality" from the Bible!
What a crock.
2007-10-04 16:01:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well he did not give her to Pharaoh as much as he did not sat she was his wife. She was supposedly a very beautiful woman. So Abraham said not to tell anyone that they were married because it might make others upset because she was so beautiful and was married to this man. So when Pharaoh saw her he fell for her. He took her as his wife. Abraham was afraid that the Egyptians would not want to trade with him and give him the things he needed, even more so if they all lusted after what he already had. So he told her to keep quiet. Well this was a sin and both Pharaoh and God were not real happy about the way he handled this situation.
2007-10-04 16:10:22 · answer #2 · answered by Prof. Dave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
?? Sarah and Pharaoh never slept together, if that is what you are implying. God told Pharaoh that Sarah was married and put a curse on his house. Pharaoh freaked out because he didn't know Sarah was married when he kidnapped her. So he gave her back to Abraham and apologized. The end.
2016-05-21 03:43:33 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not according to the Bible. He was afraid he'd get killed by Egyptians who wanted to steal his wife, so he said she was his sister. Pharaoh took her in, Abraham didn't 'give' her to Pharaoh. Pharaoh gave Abraham sheep, camels, oxen, etc. in exchange for what he thought was Abraham's sister. Then, God plagued Pharaoh and Egypt with plagues until Pharaoh released her.
In fact, Sarah was also his sister (his half-sister -- they had the same father).
*Edit* -- Someone else said it wasn't Pharaoh, but Abimelech. In a way, that's true. Both incidents happened, but the incident with Pharaoh happened before God changed Abraham and Sarah's names. At that time, they went by Abram and Sarai. I got the stories mixed up myself, so I changed parts of my answer. Sorry.
Pharaoh -- Genesis: 12
Abimelech -- Genesis: 20
2007-10-04 16:04:41 · answer #4 · answered by Pull My Finger 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Abraham never met Pharaoh, it was Abimelech that Abraham lied to about Sarah being his sister, and Abimelech was about to take her as wife, until he had a troubling dream, and all the virgin of his country became barren, that her gave her back to Abraham and told him to leave, because he brought trouble to him by lying about who Sarah really was to him.
2007-10-04 16:14:22 · answer #5 · answered by swishersweets97 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abraham did this so Pharaoh wouldn't kill him. That was the practice at the time. If you liked a man's wife just kill the husband.
2007-10-04 16:05:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He gave her to Pharaoh to save his own skin.
2007-10-04 16:01:21 · answer #7 · answered by Bob L 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he did. Taking care of animals and housework.
2007-10-04 16:04:16 · answer #8 · answered by Jim B 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no such thing
2007-10-04 16:00:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I guess so.
2007-10-04 16:01:33 · answer #10 · answered by Nels 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋