page_title: Wife–sister narratives in the Book of Genesis
section_title: Synopsis of the three narratives
hierarchical_section_title: Wife–sister narratives in the Book of Genesis / Synopsis of the three narratives
context_page_description: There are three wife-sister narratives in Genesis, part of the Torah, all of which are strikingly similar. The narratives occur in Genesis 12, 20 and 26. At the core of each is the story of a Biblical Patriarch, who has come to be in the land of a powerful foreign overlord who misidentifies the Patriarch's wife as the Patriarch's sister, and consequently attempts to wed her himself. The overlord later finds out his error. Two of the three stories are similar in many other details, including the ruler's name, Abimelech.
caption: Sarai Is Taken to Pharaoh's Palace by James Tissot.
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