“I think, therefore, that Sarah, which means "princess" or "one who governs empires," represents aretē, which is the virtue of the soul. This virtue then is joined to and clings to a wise and faithful man, even as that wise man who said of wisdom, "I have desired to take her for my spouse." For this reason therefore Go…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON GENESIS 6.1-2
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2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
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1And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
— Genesis 20:2 —
3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
4But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?