7.
“The woman [Sarah] was taken into Pharaoh’s house” (Gen. xii, 15).
“And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me?” (18).
“And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah” (xx, 2).
“Then Abimelech called unto Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us?” (9).
It may be claimed that both Pharaoh and Abimelech took Sarah. But it is evident that these are both legends of the same event, or, rather, different and conflicting forms of the same legend. The first belongs to the Jehovist, the second to the Elohist.