CHAPTER XX.

_Abraham and Sarah at the Court of Gerar_ (Elohist).

The chapter deals with an incident closely similar to that recorded in 12¹⁰⁻²⁰. It is indeed impossible to doubt that the two are variants of the same tradition; a view which is confirmed rather than shaken by Strack’s enumeration of petty differences. A close comparison (see page 364 f. below) appears to show that the passage before us is written from a more advanced ethical standpoint than that represented by