Abram Lied.

In Genesis 12 we are told there was a famine in the land where Abram lived. He went to Egypt to buy grain, but on the way there he asked his wife to lie.


He said, "I know what a beautiful woman you are and when the Egyptians see you they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but let you live. Say you are my sister , so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you."


Abram showed a lack of faith in God. He was afraid of being murdered, he asked his wife to lie and put her in danger of being taken and having to be with another man, probably for the rest of her life.


When they got to Egypt the Pharaoh was told of Sarai's beauty and was brought into his harem. There she would be forever except for God. He stepped in and saved Sarah.


 When a woman was brought into the seragilo or harem of the eastern princes, she underwent for a considerable time certain purifications before she was brought into the king's presence. It was in this interim that God plagued Pharaoh and his house with plagues, so that Sarai was restored before she could have been taken to the bed of the Egyptian king. http://bible.cc/genesis/12-15.htm

What to learn from this?

1. Maybe Abram shouldn't have gone to Egypt. The Bible doesn't say if God told him to or not. Maybe it was a mistake to not wait and see if God would feed him there in Caanan.

2. Trust God and don't lie or ask others to lie, even to save your life. No one can harm us unless God allows it, so trust in Him to protect you. If he lets you die, so be it.

3. God will protect and help us as women if our husbands don't.

4. Even if our faith fails us and we fall and sin, God will still help us out of our troubles. He still loves us; he still watches over us.