Abimelech

"My father a king." A king of Gerar in the time of Isaac, probably the son of the Abimelech I.¹ Isaac sought refuge in his territory during a famine, and there he acted a part with reference to his wife Rebecca similar to that of his father Abraham with reference to Sarah, where Abraham pretended that Sarah was his sister, not his wife.² Abimelech rebuked him for the deception, which he accidentally discovered. Isaac settled for a while here, and prospered. Abimelech desired him, however, to leave his territory, which Isaac did. Abimelech afterwards visited him when he was encamped at Beer-sheba, and expressed a desire to renew the covenant which had been entered into between their fathers.³

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