Abraham seemed not to have learned from the experience in Egypt. We observed earlier that while he was approaching Egypt, he made a deal to present his wife as his sister. That didn’t work out well enough as the couple were sent away unceremoniously. The same pattern was repeated here when he met with Abimelech. He presented his wife as his sister. It was clear that Abraham was beset with certain fear that he could not shake off. He believed that his wife’s beauty would be an occasion for his untimely death.

Whenever we are being assaulted by fears and uncertainties, let us draw our strength and support from His oath, covenant, and Blood.

The greater error of Abraham was that he forgot God’s call and covenant. His call as recorded in Genesis 12 was clear. God asked him to leave his country and his people to a land that would be shown to him. God further promised to bless him and make him a blessing. Abraham  should have remembered that premature death did not align with what God had promised him and stayed focus. At the time he lied the second time to Abimelech concerning his wife, God had also struck a covenant with him as recorded in Genesis 15. There is a clause in that covenant that is of particular interest here. “Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age.” Genesis‬ 15‬:15‬ NKJV‬‬. So the fear that Abraham entertained that he would be killed was unwarranted. Whenever we are being assaulted by fears and uncertainties, let us draw our strength and support from His oath, covenant, and Blood.