ABSTRACT
Or is the danger faced by the matriarch the loss of honor? This could be said to be an issue in Genesis where the narrative is at pains to assure us that nothing ofa sexual nature took place between Abimelech and Sarah. Here the omniscient narrator tells the audience:
He then gives the statement divine authority by placing it in the mouth of God, who speaks to Abimelech in a dream:
Finally, by having Abimelech publicly justify Sarah's reputation, he ensures that all the characters in the story share in this knovvledge.
