CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 20:1. Kadesh; Shur; Gerar.] All lying near the southern borders of Canaan. Gerar was the chief city of the Philistines. It is now called _Khirbet-el-Gerar, i.e.,_ the ruins of Gerar. The site is still pointed out near Gaza, where traces of the ancient city remain. GENESIS... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 20:8. Servants.] Court officers—his counsellors. (1 Kings 1:2; 1 Kings 10:5; 2 Kings 6:8.) GENESIS 20:10. WHAT SAWEST THOU, THAT THOU HAST DONE THIS THING?] “What purpose hadst thou in view—what could have been thy motive?” GENESIS 20:13. GOD CAUSED ME TO WANDER.] One of t... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 20:17. God healed Abimelech.] This may explain in what sense he was on the point of dying (Genesis 20:3), that he was to be considered dead, as regards progeny. _His wife, i.e.,_ she who was eminently such—the queen. _Maid servants._ Concubines are intended, a different word... [ Continue Reading ]