Abimelech the's father is פלשתים. His paternal grandfather is כסלוחים. He is an only child.
General Notes
Abimelekh King of Gerar. Abraham, en route to Egypt, pretended that his wifeSarah was his sister in order to avoid the king's unwelcome attention. Abimel ekh took Sarah into his harem, but God told Abimelekh in a dream to retu rn her toAbraham. The kin Abimelech my father a king, or father of a king, a common name of the Philistine kings, as "Pharaoh" was of the Egyptian kings. 1. The Philistine king ofGerar in the time of Abraham (Genesis 20:1-18) . By an interposition of Providence, Sarah was del Abimelech 1. King of Gerar -- Genesis 20; 21:22-32 Abim?אשelech (father of the king) 1. A Philistine, king of Gerar, Genesis 20,21, who, exercising the righ t claimed by Eastern princes of collecting all thebeautiful women of the ir dominions into their harem, (Genesis 12:15; Esther 2:3) sent for and t
Abimelech the Philistine