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variation between 'Abhiner and 'Abhner, 'Abhishalom and 'Abhshalom, etc. Abraham also appears
in the list at Karnak of places conquered by Sheshonk I.
Etymology
'brm (no. 72) represents 'abram, with which Spiegelberg (Aegypt. Randglossen zum Altes
Testament, 14) proposes to connect the preceding name (so that the whole would read "the field of
Abram.") Outside of Palestine this name (Abiramu) has come to light just where from the Biblical
tradition we should expect to find it, namely, in Babylonia (e.g. in a contract of the reign of Apil-
Sin, second predecessor of Hammurabi; also for the aunt (!) of Esarhaddon 680-669 BC). Ungnad
has recently found it, among documents from Dilbat dating from the Hammurabi dynasty, in the
forms A-ba-am-ra-ma, A-ba-am-ra-am, as well as A-ba-ra-ma.
Until this latest discovery of the apparently full, historical form of the Babylonian equivalent, the
best that could be done with the etymology was to make the first constituent "father of" (construct
-i rather than suffix -i), and the second constituent "Ram," a proper name or an abbreviation of a
name. (Yet observe above its use in Assyria for a woman; compare ABISHAG; ABIGAIL). Some
were inclined rather to concede that the second element was a mystery, like the second element in
the majority of names beginning with 'abh and 'ach, "father" and "brother." But the full cuneiform
writing of the name, with the case-ending am, indicates that the noun "father" is in the accusative,
governed by the verb which furnishes the second component, and that this verb therefore is prove
him (though hitherto childless) a great nation. Trusting this promise, Abram journeyed down to
Shechem, and at the sacred tree (compare Genesis 35:4, Joshua 24:26, Judges 9:6) received a new
promise that the land would be given unto his seed (descendant or descendants). Having built an
altar to commemorate the theophany, he removed to a spot between Bethel and Ai, where he built
another altar and then called upon (i.e. invoked) the name of God (Genesis 12:1-9.).
Sarah and Pharaoh
See also: Wife-sister narratives in Genesis
Driven by a famine to take refuge in Egypt (Genesis 26:11, Genesis 41:, Genesis 42:), fearing that
his wife's beauty should arouse evil designs of the Egyptians and thus endanger his own safety,
Abraham referred to Sarai as his sister, first to the Philistine king of Gerar and then to the
unnamed Pharaoh of Egypt.
One interpretation of the original Hebrew includes Abram's explanation that Sarai was literally his
sister since she was his father's daughter, but not his mother's, i.e., a half-sister. [4] However, the
kinship pattern of the Semitic chiefs listed in Genesis followed an established protocol that
involved betrothal to half-sisters, so Abram may not have lied when he said that Sarai was his
sister. On the other hand, there has been ancient tablets recently recovered from the ancient city of
Mari that may suggest otherwise. These ancient Semite legal records show that when a woman is
married to a man, she is then formally adopted by his father as a full daughter as well[1]. Like
Abram, many ancient Semites were Nomads and it was customary for the daughter-in-law to be
officially adopted as a full daughter in case her husband is to die while she is traveling with his
family. According to Genesis 12:5, Sarai left her family to set out for the land of Canaan, which
puts her in this same position as suggested in the ancient tablets of Mari (an ancient Semite city of
Abram's time). It is possible that Sarai may not have Abram's half-sister, but adopted sister by law.
However,marriage to half sisters was common throughout the ancient middle east and inheritence
in the nomadic Semitic tribes was matrilineal. This gave a powerful incentive to marry a half sister
and thus retain property within the family.
In any case, this did not save her from the Pharaoh, who took her into the royal harem and
enriched Abram with herds and servants. But when Yahweh "plagued Pharaoh and his house with
great plagues" Abram and Sarai left Egypt. There are two other parallel tales in Genesis of a wife