Abram and Sarai in Egypt. Now there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to live temporarily, for the famine in the land was oppressive and severe. Gen 12:10
INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
II. GOD AND THE CHOSEN FAMILY, Genesis 12-50
1. The History of Abraham and His Son Isaac, Genesis 11:27-25:11
19. Why was the journey to Egypt a false step on Abram’s part? Why did God protect him in spite of his deceit?
ABRAM AND SARAI IN EGYPT
Now there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to live temporarily, for the famine in the land was oppressive and severe.
And when he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “Listen: I know that you are a beautiful woman;
so when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me [to acquire you], but they will let you live.
Please tell them that you are my sister so that things will go well for me for your sake, and my life will be spared because of you.”
And when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was very beautiful.
Pharaoh’s princes (officials) also saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken [for the purpose of marriage] into Pharaoh’s house (harem).
Therefore Pharaoh treated Abram well for her sake; he acquired sheep, oxen, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
But the LORD punished Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife; take her and go!”
So Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they escorted him on his way, with his wife and all that he had.
Comments by
F.B.Meyer
On
Genesis 12:10-20
ABRAM AND SARAI IN EGYPT
It is a comfort that the Holy Spirit permits us to trace the successive stages through which the father of those who believe made his way to the maturity of faith. We all stumble as we step out on the difficult path. But God is patient with His dull scholars and protects them. See Psa_105:15. It was certain that no weapon formed against him could prosper, nor God’s promise fail, yet Abram meanly sacrificed Sarai with his pitiful proposition for his own safety. This doubting outbreak would never have occurred, unless the patriarch had gone down to Egypt, which in Scripture stands for creature-confidence. See Isa_30:1. The God of glory, who had sent him forth, was responsible for his maintenance in Canaan, even though famine prevailed. He ought to have stayed quietly in the position to which God had called him, leaving the Almighty to provide. Live with God in the heights; and do not go down into Egypt.
Comments by
WILLIAM MACDONALD
Believers Bible Commentary
On
Genesis 12:10-20
II. THE PATRIARCHS OF ISRAEL (Chaps. 12-50)
A. Abraham (12:1–25:18)
2. To Egypt and Back (12:10–13:4)
12:10-20 Faith, however, has its lapses. During a time of serious famine, Abram left the place of God’s choosing and fled to Egypt, a symbol of the world. This move bred trouble. Abram became obsessed with the fear that the Pharaoh might kill him in order to seize his beautiful wife Sarai for his harem. So Abram prevailed on Sarai to lie by saying that she was his sister. Actually she was his half-sister (Gen_20:12), but it was still a lie, with deception as its motive. The ruse worked for Abram (he was rewarded handsomely) but it worked against Sarai (she had to join the Pharaoh’s harem). And it worked against the Pharaoh (he and his household contracted plagues). The latter acted more righteously than Abram when he learned of the deception. After rebuking Abram, he sent him back to Canaan.
This incident reminds us that we should not wage a spiritual warfare with carnal weapons, that the end does not justify the means, and that we can’t sin and get away with it.
God did not forsake Abram, but He did allow the sin to work itself out. Abram was publicly humbled by the Pharaoh and deported in disgrace.
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