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Verse Genesis 20:13. _WHEN GOD CAUSED ME TO WANDER_] Here the word
אלהים _Elohim_ is used with a plural verb, (התעו _hithu_,
caused me to wander), which is not very usual in the Hebrew language,
as t...
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- Abraham in Gerar
2. אבימלך .2 _'ǎbı̂ymelek_, Abimelekh, “father of the
king.”
7. נביא _nābı̂y'_ “prophet,” he who speaks by God, of God,
and to God, who declares to people not merely things futu...
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CHAPTER 20 ABRAHAM IN GERAR
_ 1. Abraham in Gerar (Genesis 20:1)_
2. Second denial of Sarah (Genesis 20:2)
3. God's dealing with Abimelech (Genesis 20:3)
4. Abimelech and Abraham ...
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GENESIS 20. ABRAHAM PASSES OFF SARAH AS HIS SISTER AT GERAR. The first
complete narrative from E. The writer uses Elohim, but P's
characteristics are absent. Phraseology as well as the use of Elohim
i...
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CAUSED. The verb is in the plural. kindness. Figure of speech
_Metonymy_ (of Cause). Kindness put for the kind _deeds_ caused by it....
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_God caused me to wander_ Referring to Genesis 12:1. The Hebrew
student will notice that the verb "caused me to wander" is in the
plural, although, as a rule in the O.T., the word "God" (_Elohim_) is...
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WHEN GOD CAUSED, &C.— It is observable here, that the noun and verb
are both in the plural, _When the Elohim they caused me to wander,_
another striking proof of the doctrine of the Sacred Trinity.
R...
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PART THIRTY-THREE
THE STORY OF ABRAHAM: SOJOURN IN THE NEGEB
(Genesis 20:1 to Genesis 21:34)
1. _Abraham and Abimelech_ (Genesis 20:1-18)
1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the
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ABRAHAM AT GERAR
1. Abraham leaves Mamre (Hebron) for Gerar, SW. of Philistia. It seems
from Genesis 21:34 that he remained in that district for some years....
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 20
ABIMELECH TAKES SARAH
V1 Abraham travelled away from the big trees at Mamre. He went toward
the region that is called the Negeb. He lived betw...
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WHEN GOD CAUSED ME TO WANDER. — According to rule, Elohim is
construed with a verb singular for the true God, but with a verb
plural for false gods. Here the verb is plural, and the same
construction...
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וַ יְהִ֞י כַּ אֲשֶׁ֧ר הִתְע֣וּ אֹתִ֗י
אֱלֹהִי
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ABRAHAM AGAIN DENIES HIS WIFE
Genesis 20:1
It is wonderful that Abraham should fall like this. He had walked with
God for so many years, and experienced so many deliverances, that we
should have expe...
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Once again we have to face Abraham's deflection from faith. We see him
journeying south to Gerar. This was the center of a race of men who,
having driven out the original possessors of the land, were...
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WHEN ABRAHAM FAILED TO TRUST GOD
A book that only claimed to be from God would not record the failings
of a great man like Abraham. since the Bible is from God, it tells us
of a second time Abraham fa...
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And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand
pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto
all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reprov...
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We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the
trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine
mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
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13._When God caused me to wander _(430) Because the verb is here put
in the plural number, I freely expound the passage as referring to the
angels, who led Abraham through his various wanderings. Some...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 20 AND 21.
In Chapter s 20, 21 we have the question of the heir and of the path
of faith in another point of view. Abraham denies his relationship
with his wi...
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AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN GOD CAUSED ME TO WANDER FROM MY FATHER'S
HOUSE,.... In Ur of the Chaldees, from whence God called him to go
forth; which laid him under an obligation to depart from thence, a...
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And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's
house, that I said unto her, This [is] thy kindness which thou shalt
shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, H...
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_When God caused me to wander from my father's house_ Then we settled
this matter. It may be, that God denied Abraham and Sarah the blessing
of children so long, to punish them for this sinful compact...
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1 Abraham soiourneth at Gerar,
2 denieth his wife, and loseth her.
3 Abimelech is reproued for her in a dreame.
9 He rebuketh Abraham,
14 restoreth Sarah,
16 and reprooueth her.
17 Hee is healed...
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And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's
house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt
show unto me: at every place whither we shall come say of me, He i...
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Abimelech Reproves Abraham...
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EIGHTH SECTION
_Abraham and Abimelech of Gerar. His and Sarah’s renewed exposure
through his human, calculating prudence, as formerly in Egypt before
Pharaoh. The Divine preservation. Abraham’s inter...
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ABRAHAM EXPOSED AND REPROVED
Now we return to Abraham's history. He journeyed toward the south,
which is typical of pleasant circumstances, but nearly always having
danger in it. He dwelt between Kade...
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9-13 See here much to blame, even in the father of the faithful. Mark
his distrust of God, his undue care about life, his intent to deceive.
He also threw temptation in the way of others, caused affl...
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TO WANDER. This word he useth because God did not direct him to any
certain place, but sent him out he knew not whither, HEBREWS 11:8. And
being to travel and sojourn amongst persons of divers tempers...
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We have two distinct points in this chapter: first, the moral
degradation to which the child of God sometimes subjects himself, in
the view of the world; and, secondly, the moral dignity which _
alway...
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Genesis 20:13 God H430 wander H8582 (H8689) fathers H1 house H1004
said H559 (H8799) kindness H2617 do...
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ABRAHAM AND ABIMELECH (GENESIS 20:1).
Genesis 20:1
‘And Abraham journeyed from there towards the land of the South, and
dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and he sojourned in Gerar.'
He had been establ...
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CONTENTS: Abraham's lapse at Gerar. Lying to Abimelech about his wife.
CHARACTERS: Abraham, Sarah, Abimelech.
CONCLUSION: Sin has many tools but a lie is a handle that fits them
all. If the truth is...
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Genesis 20:1 , _Gerar,_ in the tribe of Simeon, then a royal
residence. Abimelech was the common name of the kings that reigned
there.
Genesis 20:2. _She is my sister._ It is not said whether Sarah wa...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 20:1 King Abimelech takes Sarah into his
harem, which seems to put at risk God’s promise that Sarah will bear
Abraham a son.
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 20:12 BESIDES, SHE IS INDEED MY SISTER.
Abraham’s half-truth does not excuse his behavior. AT EVERY PLACE TO
WHICH WE COME. Abraham regularly resorted to this wife-sister ruse...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 20:8. Servants.] Court officers—his counsellors. (1 Kings
1:2; 1 Kings 10:5; 2 Kings 6:8.)...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 20:1
AND ABRAHAM JOURNEYED (_vide_ Genesis 12:9) FROM THENCE. Mamre
(Genesis 18:1). In search of pasture, as on a previous occasion
(Keil);
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Abraham journeyed from there toward the south country, and dwelled
between Kadesh and Shur, and he sojourned in Gerar (Genesis 20:1).
So Abraham was living in the area of Hebron, but now he is still s...
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God. Genesis 12:1 Genesis 12:9 Genesis 12:11 #ff. Acts 7:3 Hebrews
11:8 This....
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When God caused me to wander from my father's house — Then we
settled this matter. It may be, that God denied Abraham and Sarah the
blessing of children so long to punish them for this sinful compact...
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GENESIS 21:32; GENESIS 21:34 — Did the Bible mistakenly place the
Philistines in Palestine at the time of Abraham?
PROBLEM: The earliest allusion to Philistines by Palestinian or
Egyptian sources is...