When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, ‘She is my sister,’ for he was afraid to say ‘my wife’, thinking, ‘The men of the place will kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is a beautiful woman.’
The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name, Abigail. The woman was intelligent and beautiful, but the man, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.