The Book of Abraham portrays God as instructing Abraham to call Sarai his sister when they came to Egypt in order to preserve his life. Was identifying her as his sister an outright falsehood or a misleading ambiguity? Do any other Abrahamic accounts include this detail?
From <a href="https://byustudies.byu.edu/journal/61-4/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">BYU Studies Quarterly, volume 61, number 4</a>.

The Book of Abraham portrays God as instructing Abraham to call Sarai his sister when they came to Egypt in order to preserve his life. Was identifying her as his sister an outright falsehood or a misleading ambiguity? Do any other Abrahamic accounts include this detail? From BYU Studies Quarterly, volume 61, number 4.

The Book of Abraham portrays God as instructing Abraham to call Sarai his sister when they came to Egypt in order to preserve his life. Was identifying her as his sister an outright falsehood or a misleading ambiguity? Do any other Abrahamic accounts include this detail?
From <a href="https://byustudies.byu.edu/journal/61-4/" rel="noopener noreferrer">BYU Studies Quarterly, volume 61, number 4</a>.

Did Abraham Lie about His Wife, Sarai?

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