Three Times the Nations Came for Abraham and God Stood Guard

"And besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father" (Genesis 20:12). He answered them according to their own method. "And it came to pass, when they caused me to wander" (Genesis 20:13). Rabbi Hanan said: Would that I might expound this verse in three ways and fulfill my duty with it. Thus said Abraham: At the hour when the nations of the world sought to join themselves to me while I was still in my father's house, the Holy One, blessed be He, upheld me. And at the hour when the nations of the world sought to afflict me, the Holy One, blessed be He, revealed Himself to me. And at the hour when the nations of the world sought to make me wander from the ways of the Holy One, blessed be He, the Holy One, blessed be He, set over them two great men of my father's house, such as Shem and Eber, and they kept warning them. "And to Sarah he said: Behold, I have given a thousand pieces of silver to your brother" (Genesis 20:16). [Abimelech said to her:] You went down to Egypt and traded upon her; you came here and traded upon her. If it is money you want, here is money for you, only cover your eyes from me.