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Verse Genesis 20:3. _BUT GOD CAME TO ABIMELECH_] Thus we find that
persons who were not of the _family_ of _Abraham_ had the knowledge of
the true God. Indeed, all the _Gerarites_ are termed גוי צדיק...
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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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DREAM. 20 recorded in Scripture (see App-10). Genesis 20:3; Genesis
28:12; Genesis 31:10; Genesis 31:24;...
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_God came … in a dream_ Scholars have noticed that E frequently
describes Divine interposition by means of a dream. Cf. Genesis 20:6;
Genesis 31:11; Genesis 31:24;...
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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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BUT GOD CAME TO ABIMELECH, &C.— It is hence evident, as well as from
other instances, that the Canaanites, in Abraham's time, were not all
corrupted in religion. Abimelech and his servants appear to h...
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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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_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._
God came to Abimelech in a dream by ni...
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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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When Abraham went to Egypt, he said that Sarah was his sister. (See
Genesis 12:11-13 and the comment. At that time, Abraham was called
‘Abram’ and his wife Sarah was called ‘Sarai’.) When Abraham
went...
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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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GOD (ELOHIM) CAME... — From the use of this title of the Deity it
has been said that this narrative is an Elohistic form of the
Jehovistic narrative in·Genesis 12:10. But we have seen that even in
the...
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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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But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him,
Behold, (c) thou [art but] a dead man, for the woman which thou hast
taken; for she [is] a man's wife.
(c) So greatly God detests the b...
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Abimelech. This was an usual title of kings in Chanaan, and a very
good one, to remind them and their subjects, of their obligations,
(Haydock) as it means "my father the king." The behaviour of the
p...
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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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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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3._But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night_. Here Moses shows
that the Lord acted with such gentleness, that in punishing his
servant, he yet, as a father, forgave him: just as he deals with us,...
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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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BUT GOD CAME TO ABIMELECH IN A DREAM BY NIGHT,.... Put a dream into
his mind, by which he cautioned him against taking Sarah to be his
wife; so careful was the Lord that no wrong should be done to suc...
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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._
Ver. 3. _But God came to Abimelech...
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_But God came to Abimelech in a dream_ It appears by this that God
revealed himself by dreams, which evidenced themselves to be divine
and supernatural, not only to his servants the prophets, but even...
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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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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. God prevents the greater sin which might ha...
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Sarah Again in Danger...
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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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A MAN'S WIFE:
_ Heb._ married to an husband...
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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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God then used to manifest his mind in dreams, not only to his people,
but even to heathens for their sakes, or in things wherein they were
concerned. THOU ART BUT A DEAD MAN, thou deservest a present...
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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 20:3 God H430 came H935 (H8799) Abimelech H40 dream H2472
night H3915 said H559 (H8799) man...
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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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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 20:3 BUT GOD CAME TO ABIMELECH. The text
emphasizes that Sarah has not had intercourse with the king;
otherwise, it could have appeared that Abimelech was the father of
Isaac ...
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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 dream. Genesis 28:12 Genesis 31:24 Genesis 37:5 Genesis 37:9 Genesis
40:8
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But God came to Abimelech in a dream — It appears by this that God
revealed himself by dreams, which evidenced themselves to be divine
and supernatural, not only to his servants the prophets, but even...
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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...