Genesis 20 • Clear Eyes, Pure Hearts, Clean Hands • Joel McCarty

Through his sin, Abraham puts both his wife, Sarah, and King
Abimelech's whole household in danger. The story is laced with
irony. The foreign king is presented as the righteous one, while
the chosen prophet acts cowardly and brings cursing on the
nation. The king is innocent, but he still has no power to
reverse the effects of Abraham's sin. This story causes us to
look forward to a better innocent king who willingly bears our
sin to reverse the curse.