So Isaac abode in Gerara.
Abraham removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between Cedes and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara.
Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my precepts and commandments, and observed my ceremonies and laws.
And when he was asked by the men of that place, concerning his wife, he answered: She is my sister. For he was afraid to confess that she was his wife, thinking lest perhaps they would like him because of her beauty.
