Aliya Summary: Isaac settled in Philistine. When the townspeople
inquired regarding his wife, he told them that she was his sister,
fearing that otherwise the Philistines would kill him in order to take
Rivka. Eventually, Avimelech, king of the Philistines, noticed that
Rivka was Isaac's wife and though he reprimanded Isaac, he issued a
decree that no one touch them. While in Philistine, Isaac sowed crops,
and miraculously harvested a hundred times more than a field's normal
yield.
The first famine that drove Avraham and Sarah to
Egypt, when Paroh discovers their true relationship, he sends them
away. The second time, when they went to Gerar and said they were
brother and sister, and were then "discovered", Avimelech gives them
many things and invites them to stay. (Paroh had given Avraham great
wealth, but it was before he knew.) Yitzchak and Rivka also say they are
siblings, but no one takes Rivka. When they are "found out", they stick
around. Why stay? The answer is because G-d told them to stay, but the
reason why it was ok for them to stay might be because the men (and
king) were decent enough not to have taken Rivka, although they thought
she was single.
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