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Verse Genesis 20:17. _SO ABRAHAM PRAYED_] This was the prime office of
the נביא _nabi_; see Genesis 20:7....
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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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_Abraham prayed_ See note on Genesis 20:7. This verse explains Genesis
20:4.
Barrenness was regarded as the sign of Divine displeasure, which
might be averted by prayer and intercession: cf. Genesis...
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SO ABRAHAM PRAYED, &C.— See Genesis 20:7 and God accepted his
prayer: and the punishment, which he had graciously inflicted on
Abimelech to deter him from guilt, was removed. Hence we learn, that
affl...
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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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_SO ABRAHAM PRAYED UNTO GOD: AND GOD HEALED ABIMELECH, AND HIS WIFE,
AND HIS MAIDSERVANTS; AND THEY BARE CHILDREN._
So Abraham prayed unto God. Although the efficacy of prayer is not
expressly mentio...
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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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ABRAHAM PRAYED... — As Abimelech had now made very liberal
compensation, it became the duty of Abraham to intercede for him. The
malady seems to have been one confined to Abimelech, as its object was...
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וַ יִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֶל ־הָ
אֱלֹהִ֑ים...
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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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_Healed. It is not known how God afflicted Abimelech; but the women
could not be delivered during the short time that Sara was detained:
on her being set at liberty, they bore children. (Menochius)_...
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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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17._So Abraham prayed_. In two respects the wonderful favor of God
towards Abraham was apparent; firsts that, with outstretched hand, He
avenged the injury done to him; and, secondly, that, through
Ab...
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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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SO ABRAHAM PRAYED UNTO GOD,.... As the Lord had told Abimelech be
would, Genesis 20:7; he might pray for the forgiveness of him and his
wife, and might give thanks that Sarah had been restored to him;...
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_So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife,
and his maidservants; and they bare [children]._
Ver. 17. _So Abraham prayed unto God, and God healed Abimelech._]
Here was that o...
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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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So Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech and his wife and
his maid-servants; and they bare children....
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The Plague Removed from Abimelech...
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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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14-18 We often trouble ourselves, and even are led into temptation
and sin, by groundless suspicions; and find the fear of God where we
expected it not. Agreements to deceive generally end in shame a...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 20:17 Abraham H85 prayed H6419 (H8691) God H430 God H430
healed H7495 (H8799) Abimelech H40 wife...
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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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_So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech_
AN EFFICACIOUS INTERESTING PRAYER
Abraham’s prayer for the doomed cities was not granted, but his
prayer for Abimelech was answered in full.
“...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 20:17 God has power over fertility. By
praying, Abraham demonstrates that God’s blessing is being mediated
through him (see Genesis 12:3)....
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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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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...
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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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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...