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CHAPTER XX
_Abraham leaves Mamre, and, after having sojourned at Kadesh and_
_Shur, settles in Gerar_, 1.
_Abimelech takes Sarah, Abraham having acknowledged her only as_
_his sister_, 2.
_Abimel...
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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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SOUTH. the _Negeb._ See Genesis 12:9; Genesis 13:1....
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_from thence_ This passage is evidently derived from some distinct
source. As it ignores the previous section dealing with Lot, and the
last reference to Abraham is in Genesis 18:33, when he is at Mam...
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DISCOURSE: 19
CALL OF ABRAM
Genesis 20:1. Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy
country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a
land that I will shew thee: And I wil...
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JOURNEYED FROM THENCE TOWARD, &C.— Not able to endure the melancholy
prospect, which the desolated cities afforded, whence too, probably, a
noxious stench might arise, Abraham removed from his usual p...
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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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_AND ABRAHAM JOURNEYED FROM THENCE TOWARD THE SOUTH COUNTRY, AND
DWELLED BETWEEN KADESH AND SHUR, AND SOJOURNED IN GERAR._
Abraham journeyed from thence. Whence? No place is mentioned in
connection w...
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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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XX.
ABRAHAM’S DENIAL OF HIS WIFE AT GERAR.
(1) ABRAHAM JOURNEYED FROM THENCE. — That is, from Mamre, where he
had so long halted, and which seems to have continued to be one of his
homes. As he had be...
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וַ יִּסַּ֨ע מִ שָּׁ֤ם אַבְרָהָם֙
אַ֣רְצָה הַ
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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 Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and
dwelled between Kadesh and (a) Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
(a) Which was toward Egypt....
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_Gerara; at a greater distance from the devoted country of Sodom.
(Haydock)_...
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But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him,
Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken;
for she is a man's wife.
By the ministry of dreams and visions of...
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CONTENTS.
The history of the patriarch Abram is re-assumed. In his journey (for
he is still in the pilgrimage state) he is going towards the South. In
Gerar, where he sojourned, Abimelech, the King of...
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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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1._And Abraham journeyed from thence_. What Moses related respecting
the destruction of Sodom, was a digression. He now returns to the
continuation of his history, and proceeds to show what happened t...
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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 ABRAHAM JOURNEYED FROM THENCE TOWARDS THE SOUTH COUNTRY,.... He
returned from the plains or oaks of Mamre, where he had lived fifteen
or twenty years, into the more southern parts of the land of C...
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And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and
dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
Ver. 1. _And Abraham journeyed from thence, &c._] Either as grieved
at the sig...
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_And Abraham sojourned in Gerar_ Which belonged to the Philistines. We
are not told upon what occasion he removed; whether terrified by the
destruction of Sodom, or, as some of the Jewish writers say,...
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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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Sarah Again in Danger...
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And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and
dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. From the
grove of Mamre at or near Hebron Abraham gradually journeyed, with all...
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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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1-8 Crooked policy will not prosper: it brings ourselves and others
into danger. God gives Abimelech notice of his danger of sin, and his
danger of death for his sin. Every wilful sinner is a dead ma...
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GENESIS CHAPTER 20 Abraham sojourns in Gerar, GENESIS 20:1; denies
Sarah to be his wife: Abimelech sends and takes her, GENESIS 20:2. God
warns Abimelech in a dream, GENESIS 20:3. He expostulates with...
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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 20:1 Abraham H85 journeyed H5265 (H8799) South H5045 H776
dwelt H3427 (H8799) Kadesh H6946 Shur...
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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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_And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister_
ABRAHAM’S REPETITION OF HIS OLD FAULT; THE POWER OF FORMER
TEMPTATIONS
I. THEIR POWER MAY SLUMBER LONG. In this instance, twenty-four years.
Ne...
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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 20:1. 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 o...
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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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A.M. cir. 2107. B.C. cir. 1897. from. Genesis 13:1 Genesis 18:1
Genesis 24:62 Kadesh. Genesis 14:7...
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And Abraham sojourned in Gerar — We are not told upon what occasion
he removed, whether terrified by the destruction of Sodom, or, as some
of the Jewish writers say, because he was grieved at Lot's in...
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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...