Genesis 20

1 Abraham sojourns at Gerar.

2 Denies his wife, who is taken by Abimelech.

3 Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream.

9 He rebukes Abraham.

14 Restores Sarah;

16 and reproves her.

17 Abimelech and his family are healed at Abraham's prayer.

A.M. cir. 2107. B.C. cir. 1897. from.

13:1; 18:1; 24:62

Kadesh.

14:7; 16:1,7,14; Nu 13:26; 20:16; De 1:19; 32:51; 1Sa 15:7; Ps 29:8

Gerar.Gerar was a city of Arabia Petræa, under a king of the Philistines, 25 miles from Eleutheropolis beyond Daroma, in the south of Judah. From ch. 10:19, it appears to have been situated in the angle where the south and west sides of Canaan met, and to have been not far from Gaza. Jerome, in his Hebrew Traditions on Genesis, says, from Gerar to Jerusalem was three days' journey. There was a wood near Gerar, spoken of by Theodoret; and a brook, (ch. 26:26,) on which was a monastery, noticed by Sozomen.

10:19; 26:1,6,20,26; 2Ch 14:13,14

said.

12:11-13; 26:7; 2Ch 19:2; 20:37; 32:31; Pr 24:16; Ec 7:20; Ga 2:11,12

Eph 4:25; Col 3:9

Abimelech.

12:15; 26:1,16

a dream.

28:12; 31:24; 37:5,9; 40:8; 41:1-36; Job 4:12,13; 33:15; Mt 1:20

Mt 2:12,13; 27:19

a dead.

7; Ps 105:14; Eze 33:14,15; Jon 3:4

a man's wife. Heb. married to an husband.

had.

6,18

wilt.

17,18; 18:23-25; 19:24; 2Sa 4:11; 1Ch 21:17

in the integrity. or, simplicity, or sincerity.

Jos 22:22; 1Ki 9:4; 2Ki 20:3; 1Ch 29:17; Ps 7:8; 25:21; 78:72

Pr 11:3; 20:7; 2Co 1:12; 1Th 2:10; 1Ti 1:13

and innocency.

Job 33:9; Ps 24:4; 26:6; 73:13; Da 6:22

withheld.

18; 31:7; 35:5; Ex 34:24; 1Sa 25:26,34; Ps 84:11; Pr 21:1; Ho 2:6,7

sinning.

39:9; Le 6:2; Ps 51:4; 81:12; 2Th 2:7,11

to touch.

3:3; 26:11; 1Co 7:1; 2Co 6:17

a prophet.The word {navi,} rendered a prophet, not only signifies one who foretell future events, but also an intercessor, instructor. See 1 Sa ch. 10.

1Ki 18:1-46; 1Co 14:4The title was also given to men eminent for eloquence and literary abilities: hence Aaron, because he was the spokesman of Moses to the Egyptian king, is called a prophet.

Ex 4:16; 7:1; 12:1-3; 18:17; 7:1; 1Ch 16:22; Ps 25:14; 105:9-15

Heb 1:1

pray.

Le 6:4,7; 1Sa 7:5,8; 12:19,23; 2Sa 24:17; 1Ki 13:6; 2Ki 5:11; 19:2-4

Job 42:8; Jer 14:11; 15:1; 27:18; Jas 5:14-16; 1Jo 5:16; Re 11:5,6

surely.

18; 2:17; 12:17; Job 34:19; Ps 105:14; Eze 3:18; 33:8,14-16; Heb 13:4

all.

12:15; Nu 16:32,33; 2Sa 24:17

8

What hast.

12:18; 26:10; Ex 32:21,35; Jos 7:25; 1Sa 26:18,19; Pr 28:10

a great.

38:24; 39:9; Le 20:10; 2Sa 12:5,10,11; Ro 2:11; Heb 13:4

ought.

34:7; 2Sa 13:12; Tit 1:11

10

Surely.

22:12; 42:18; Ne 5:15; Job 1:1; 28:28; Ps 14:4; 36:1-4; Pr 1:7; 2:5

Pr 8:13; 16:6; Ro 3:18

slay.

12:12; 26:7

And yet.

11:29; 12:13; 1Th 5:22

she is the.Ebn Batrik, in his annals, among other ancient traditions, has preserved the following: "Terah first married Yona, by whom he had Abraham; afterwards he married Tehevita, by whom he had Sarah."

God.

12:1,9,11-20; Ac 7:3-5; Heb 11:8

This.

1Sa 23:21; Ps 64:5; Ac 5:9

say.

12:13

took.

11; 12:16

restored.

2,7; 12:19,20

my land.

13:9; 34:10; 47:6

where it pleaseth thee. Heb. as is good in thine eyes.

thy.

5; Pr 27:5

thousand.What these pieces were is not certain; but it is probable they were shekels, as it is so understood by the Targum; and the LXX. render it {didrachma,} by which the Hebrew shekel is rendered in ch. 23:15, 16.

behold.Or, "behold IT (the 1,000 shekels) is to thee," etc.

26:11

a covering.

24:65

thus.

1Ch 21:3-6; Pr 9:8,9; 12:1; 25:12; 27:5; Jon 1:6; Re 3:19

7; 29:31; 1Sa 5:11,12; Ezr 6:10; Job 42:9,10; Pr 15:8,29; Isa 45:11

Mt 7:7; 21:22; Ac 3:24; Php 4:6; 1Th 5:25; Jas 5:16

7; 12:17; 16:2; 30:2; 1Sa 1:6; 5:10
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