Genesis 12:11 (WEB)
When he had come near to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.
Fathers and councils · 2
John Chrysostom
“Since Abraham too,contriving how his plan might take with the barbarians, did himself give up his wife to them; not however willingly, but through fear of Pharaoh.” — editor's note: Gen. xii. 11, etc.
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Tertullian
“…it is to be feared, just on account of the injuriousness and violence of suitors: which (injuriousness and violence) even the father of the faith, Abraham, greatly feared in regard of his own wife’s grace; and Isaac, by falsely representing Rebecca as his sister, purchased safety by insult!” — editor's note: Gen. xii. 10–20, and xx.
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