Genesis 20 - Introduction

A.M. 2106. B.C. 1898.

We have here,

(1,) Abraham's sin in denying his wife, and Abimelech's sin thereupon in taking her, Genesis 20:1.

(2,) God's discourse with Abimelech in a dream upon this occasion, Genesis 20:4.

(3,) Abimelech's discourse with Abraham, Genesis 20:8.

(4,) The good issue of the story; in which Abimelech restores Abraham his wife, 14-16, and Abraham, by prayer, prevails with God for the removal of the judgment Abimelech was under, Genesis 20:17.