Shnayim Yomi - Lech Lecha - Sheni - #2

[Music] after avraham completes and passes his first test of having to leave his homeland he now is faced with a second test and that is after the arrival to this promised land the land that hashem showed him to there's a famine and he has to leave he goes down to egypt he tells his wife to make sure that they say that their siblings to spam them and on his way down he puts her in a box the customs officers pick up on this box they find her they see her beauty just as avraham anticipated and they take her to para paro caesar asks is this your sister to which avraham confirms and he blesses and he and he showers avraham with tons of gifts and wealth when sarai was taken by par which was avram's third test par immediately contracted a very painful skin disease which inhibited himself from cohabitation right away paro realized that there must be something up with taking this new girl this new woman and he goes back to avraham and he says why did you lie to me why didn't you tell me that she was not your sister rather she's your wife to which paro says quickly you and all of the people that came with you should quickly leave in order that we should spare ourselves from any more punishment from your god as well as we should save you because everyone in this idolatrous society of egypt this immoral society of egypt should not come and attack your wife to which he sends them off with tremendous amounts of gifts and wealth back to the land of kanan the question is how is it that avraham the very first of our patriarchs says a lie the answer is is that in truth sarai was his niece it was his brother's sister and just as it's common for one to call their grandson a son it's also common for one to call their niece their sister so in truth he did not lie that is however says that at abram's great level he did sin by endangering his wife the torah section right now ends off with the arrival of avram back to the land of canaan to the promised land and next section we will deal with the drama of lott his nephew you