Similarities Between Abraham And Isaac

The stories of Abram and Isaac lying about their wives to kings of the area show a less than a stellar side of both otherwise great men. The first incident was when Abram entered into Egypt because of famine, and he lied regarding his and Sarai relationship because he was scared harm would befall him due to Sarai’s great beauty (King James Version, 1611 version, Genesis 12: 11-12). Due to this deception regarding Sarai, Abram received numerous gifts from Pharaoh. This presents Abram’s lack of faith in God’s protection, and his selfishness by the willingness to force his wife into an improper relationship (Tullock, & McEntire, 2012). Additionally, the plague on Pharaoh’s house begs the question of how far things went between him and Sarai as Abimelech did not suffer the same fate as Pharaoh.

The second occurrence of lying about their relationship was in the province of Gerar with King Abimelech (Tullock, & McEntire, 2012). Again, as before was traveling and landed within Gerar and when asked as to what the nature of his and Sarah’s association he stated that they were siblings. Whereas this story is very similar in regarding the lies and the actions of Abimelech and Pharaoh, there are differences as well. During this time Abram and Sara were given the names Abraham and Sarah after the third covenant and had

First, and most importantly, both Abraham and Isaac were facing times of trial and failed to trust God to care for them as he had promised. Additionally, according to the aforecited passages of scripture, it appears as though the kings of this era may have taken other’s wives killing them. Finally, Isaac was surely told the stories of the incidents involving Pharaoh and Abimelech, used this base of reference when his faith wavered. Sadly, past sins are likely to affect future generations, and If Abraham had trusted God Isaac may have as