Abimelech

That's why she was not afraid with amazement.

When Abraham got to his wit's end and he didn't know how to save his life and save his family, he handed her over to Abimelech and Sarah trusted God.

She trusted God and she went with him, with Abimelech.

And guess what? God shows up on the scene.

That was Sarah's faith working.

Abraham set seven young ewe lambs apart from the flock of sheep by themselves.

Abimelech said to Abraham, What do these seven ulems that you've set by themselves mean? He said, You are to accept the seven ulems from my hand, so that they may be a witness for me that I dug this well.

That is why that place is named Be'er Sheva, because there both of them made a pledge, and they made a covenant in Be'er Sheva.

Then Avimelech got up with Pichol, the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.

One more thing we read about.

We read about Avimelech.

Avimelech signs a pact with Avraham.

And talk about passive-aggressive.

He's there with his army.

It's a little bit late.

I'm tired without getting into the detail.

But it sounds like Avimelech doesn't have much of a choice.

Whenever you're ready, Jules.

Abraham and Abimelech.

Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur.

For a while he stayed in Gerar, and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She is my sister." Then A- Abimelech king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.

All right.

Just pause here.

Yeah.

He, he says that he...

He engages God in dialogue.

Avimelech kidnaps his wife.

And then Avimelech was told, Avrim better pray for you.

And Avrim prays.

By the way, post-October 7th, nobody in the world can understand.

And then in the book of Genesis, we can think about how there's Melchizedek and Abraham in dialogue with these earthly kings and so on.

And there's the experience of Pharaoh or Abimelech or all kinds of stories where it's about thrones and power and Think about Exodus.

The whole book's a contest between two kings.

There's Pharaoh, this man-god of Egypt, and he claims that the Hebrews are his slaves.

That's why it took place so far from civilization.

Why didn't it take place where Avraham was, where he was living with Avimelech? Why does he have to go to some distant mountain? And that mountain will become Har Moriah, but why does it have to be? Because the geography reflects the process.

It's beyond.

It's beyond human beings.