Abimelech the Philistine

• 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