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Verse Genesis 20:5. _IN THE INTEGRITY OF MY HEART, C._] Had Abimelech
any other than honourable views in taking Sarah, he could not have
justified himself thus to his Maker and that these views were o...
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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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_integrity_ Heb. "perfectness." Cf. Genesis 6:9.
_innocency of my hands_ Cf. Psalms 26:6....
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LORD, WILT THOU SLAY ALSO, &C.— Abimelech here deprecates the Divine
wrath, and enters into a justification of his conduct; declaring that
both Abraham and Sarah had united in attesting that Sarah was...
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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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_SAID HE NOT UNTO ME, SHE IS MY SISTER? AND SHE, EVEN SHE HERSELF
SAID, HE IS MY BROTHER: IN THE INTEGRITY OF MY HEART AND INNOCENCY OF
MY HANDS HAVE I DONE THIS._
Said he not unto me She is my siste...
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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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IN THE INTEGRITY OF MY HEART] Abimelech was 'not consciously violating
any of his own rules of morality.' Had he known that Sarah was
Abraham's wife he would not have taken her into his harem....
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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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IN THE INTEGRITY OF MY HEART... — Not only does Abimelech assert
this, but Elohim (see Genesis 20:6) admits the plea. And yet this
Philistine king indulges in polygamy, and claims the right of taking...
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הֲ לֹ֨א ה֤וּא אָֽמַר ־לִי֙ אֲחֹ֣תִי
הִ֔וא
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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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Said he not unto me, She [is] my sister? and she, even she herself
said, He [is] my brother: in the integrity of my (e) heart and (f)
innocency of my hands have I done this.
(e) As one falling by ign...
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_He say, &c. The pronouns in Hebrew are printed very incorrectly. ---
He is my sister; and she, even he, said. (Kennicott)_...
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Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he
shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not,
know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are...
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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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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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SAID HE NOT UNTO ME, SHE [IS] MY SISTER?.... By this it appears, that
Abimelech had a personal conversation with Abraham, and inquired of
him about Sarah, who she was, and what relation she was to him...
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Said he not unto me, She [is] my sister? and she, even she herself
said, He [is] my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency
of my hands have I done this.
Ver. 5. _Said he not unto me, She...
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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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Said he not unto me, She is my sister? And she, even she herself,
said, He is my brother. In the integrity of my heart and ithis of my
hands have I done this. It is not only the transgression in deed...
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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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INTEGRITY:
Or, simplicity or sincerity...
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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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Without any adulterous design in my heart, or outward actions tending
to it, being wholly ignorant of what thou now informest me....
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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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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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in the integrity. or, simplicity, or sincerity. Joshua 22:22 1 Kings
9:4 2 Kings 20:3 1 Chronicles 29:17...
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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...