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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Abimelech (King living at the time of the Patriarchs)

The Philistine king of Gerar. Abraham told him Sarah was his sister and he took her into his household, then gave her back once God warned him in a dream. The same thing played out again later between him and Isaac over Rebekah.

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The Philistine king of Gerar. Abraham told him Sarah was his sister and he took her into his household, then gave her back once God warned him in a dream. The same thing played out again later between him and Isaac over Rebekah.

The word

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Where it appears
  • Genesis 20:2
  • Genesis 20:3
  • Genesis 20:4
  • Genesis 20:8
  • Genesis 20:9
  • Genesis 20:10
  • Genesis 20:14
  • Genesis 20:15
  • Genesis 20:17
  • Genesis 20:18
  • Genesis 21:22
  • Genesis 21:25
  • Genesis 21:26
  • Genesis 21:27
  • Genesis 21:29
  • Genesis 21:32
  • Genesis 26:1
  • Genesis 26:8
  • Genesis 26:9
  • Genesis 26:10
  • Genesis 26:11
  • Genesis 26:16
  • Genesis 26:26

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