Abraham was the first recorded pimp

"Either Abraham was a pimp, or you simply don't know how to understand the verses, because you have no access to the oral explanations and rabbinic commentaries..." "The story of Abram, Sarai and Pharaoh is very simple. Abraham comes to Egypt. Upon arriving, he remembers how corrupt the Egyptians are, and he knew without any doubt that they'd try to steal his wife, who was very beautiful. But, in order to do that, they'd have to kill Abraham first. Therefore, Abraham asked Sarah to say that he was her brother and not her husband, so that Pharaoh wouldn't klil him." Abraham said that, but if you will note, when Pharaoh found out, he didn't kill Abraham, he just sent hi on his way, with all the gifts he gave him before, so Abraham banked out in the end. Most likely why he tried it with Abimelek. Historically, we know that Egypt was generally a very good place, except under a few Pharaohs, Namor, and one other guy, who lived 400 years before Ramses, and Ramses the great. Which reminds me of the Story of Exodus under that Pharaoh that lived 400 years before Ramses, there is much archaeological proof of this, but for another debate. "The story with Abraham, Sarah and Abimelech is like this: Abraham knew that Abimelech would want to take Sarah for a wife, and in order to do that he would have to kill Abraham first. Again, in an attempt to save his life, he asked Sarah to say that she was his sister and not his husband, so that there is no competition. That night, G-d came to Abimelech and threatened to kill him if he didn't give back Sarah. So, he complied. The rest you can figure out from the verses, hopefully. That simple, nothing to do with prostitution." Again, we see this pattern, now please note, Abimelek complied with Gods orders once he knew it was Abraham's wife, and was a honest enough man to give Abraham much things to satisfy his want for stuff. He even gave Sarah 400 pieces of silver just to "repay for any wrong I MIGHT have done to you," so obviously Abimekels a honest man, because he too did not kill Abraham to get to his wife. And furthermore, if Pharaoh and Abimekel were corrupt as were their nations, Abraham would not go their for him and his wife's sake, but obviously it was safe enough to go to. Also, Pharaohs were generally good, otherwise Joseph, his brothers and their descendants would not live there for 400 years, and there was no need to leave until the end, when, you know, the whole slavery ordeal and such. If Egypt was evil, then God would not have told Joseph and his brothers to live there for 400 years, if they had a bad culture, God would not let them be there, just like he told Abraham NOT to raise Isaac in Er, because the culture was bad, with the whole baby sacrifices thing, probably the reason Abraham didn't think it abnormal when God asked him to sacrifice Isaac. "This is the danger of reading the Torah without the commentaries and explanations of our rabbis. You cannot understand ONE WORD of the Torah without the commentaries to help understand what's going on, like, for example, Rashi, Ramban, Sforno, and others. There is also Midrash Rabbah, but I'm not so sure that you're ready for it. Our rabbis are the masters of Torah, and so they know what's going on. Try to read the Torah, starting again from the beginning, but this time read it WITH the commentary of Rashi (who is one of the most respected commentators)." OK, I will, but I really think it means he was pimping his wife out, also, Isaac tried it with Rachael, with the SAME GUY Abimekel, poor guy, it's in Genesis 26 by the way, like father like son! "Notes: 1. Pharaoh and Abimelech never succeeded in violating Sarah in the end. 2. Rashi's name is Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki 3. You can read the Torah with Rashi's commentary here: http://www.chabad.org...; Thanks for the link, I will review it, but I will still debate this unless it proves me wrong.