Wife–sister narratives in the Book of Genesis Wife–sister narratives in the Book of Genesis There are three wife-sister narratives in Genesis, part of the Torah, all of which are strikingly similar. The narratives occur in Genesis 12, 20 and 26. At the core of each is the story of a Biblical Patriarch, who has come to be in the land of a powerful foreign overlord who misidentifies the Patriarch's wife as the Patriarch's sister, and consequently attempts to wed her himself. The overlord later finds out his error. Two of the three stories are similar in many other details, including the ruler's name, Abimelech. The first episode
The Book of Esther (film) out of the way. In the Bible, the reason he says this is that if it would become known that the queen disobeyed the king, all wives would disobey their husbands. The Bible also mentions that Mordechai overheard the conversation of Bigthan and Teresh, chamberlains of the king, who were plotting to murder Ahasuerus. He reported this to the king, and his deed was transcribed in the book of chronicles, which was a major plot device that would be explored later in the story. In the bible, the quest to find a new queen was on a very grand approach,