Sarai and Pharaoh

Genesis Apocryphon 20:2–34

3rd–1st Century BCE

²How splendid and beautiful is the form of her face, and how . . . ³and fine is the hair of her head, how lovely are her eyes, how delightful is her nose, and all the radiance of ⁴her face . . . How lovely is her breast, and how beautiful all her whiteness. Her arms, how beautiful, and her hands, how ⁵perfect, and . . . the appearance of her hands…

Please login or register for free access to Posen Library

Already have an account?

Engage with this Source

About This Entry

This excerpt retells the Genesis narrative of Abram and Sarai’s sojourn to Egypt immediately after their arrival in the land of Canaan. It bears noting that the texts of the Genesis Apocryphon sometimes assume the first-person voice of the protagonist, in this case, Abraham. The continuation of this text can be found in “Boundaries of the Land Promised to Abraham.”

Details

Sarai and Pharaoh

Language:

Places:

Subjects:

Ancient Corpus:

You may also like

Sarai and Pharaoh

Language:

Places:

Subjects:

Ancient Corpus:

You may also like

The Conception of Noah