Abraham does it again. Moving to Gerar, he tells Abimelech that Sarah is his sister. The same lie. The same cowardice. Twenty-five years later, and he's still protecting himself at Sarah's expense. But God intervenes—warning Abimelech in a dream before he touches Sarah. Abraham is rebuked by a pagan king for the second time. "What have you done to us?" The pattern persists. The father of faith is still capable of faithless moments. But God protects the promise even when Abraham won't. Isaac is coming. Nothing will stop it—not even Abraham's repeated failures.

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