(Gen. 20:14:) THEN ABIMELECH TOOK SHEEP AND OXEN …. He said to Abraham (in vs. 15): HERE, MY LAND IS BEFORE YOU. DWELL WHEREVER YOU PLEASE . See the honor with which he honored Abraham! And not only him, but Sarah as well. Where is it shown? Where it is stated (in vs. 16): AND TO SARAH HE SAID: LOOK, I HAVE GIVEN YOUR BROTHER A THOUSAND PIECES OF SILVER; LOOK, THIS BELONGS TO YOU AS A COVERING OF THE EYES ¹⁰⁵ BEFORE ALL WHO ARE WITH YOU…. R. Aha said: What is the meaning of LOOK, THIS BELONGS TO YOU AS A COVERING OF THE EYES?¹⁰⁶ He took a royal garment, put it on her, and made her a noblewoman.¹⁰⁷. Why? So that no one in the world would woo her; rather they would hear that she was a queen and be afraid to woo her.

footnotes: ¹⁰⁵ In idiomatic Hebrew the clause means: IT IS YOUR VINDICATION. ¹⁰⁶ Gen. R. 52:2. ¹⁰⁷ Lat.: matrona